'Dark as a dungeon': technological change and government policy in the deunionization of the American coal industry
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union; coal mining; technology; government policy; labor law; union reform;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets
- J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
- J8 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards
- L7 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction
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