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Labour Disputes in the Twentieth Century: an International Comparison and Evaluation of Theories

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  • Laszlo Goerke

    (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Department of Economics, Mainz)

  • Jakob B. Madsen

    (Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Studiestraede 6, Copenhagen K, Denmark)

Abstract

Using panel data for 20 OECD countries over the period from 1903 to 1999 we examine the extent to which institutional, political, microeconomic and macroeconomic theories can explain strike activity over time and across countries. The empirical evidence shows that inflation, deflation, income shares, and shareholder wealth are influential for strikes. The evidence is therefore consistent with the economic and the political theories of strikes. Furthermore, we find evidence for the withering away hypothesis.

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  • Laszlo Goerke & Jakob B. Madsen, 2004. "Labour Disputes in the Twentieth Century: an International Comparison and Evaluation of Theories," Homo Oeconomicus, Institute of SocioEconomics, vol. 20, pages 391-422.
    • Handle: RePEc:hom:homoec:v:20:y:2004:p:391-422
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    1. Ludsteck, Johannes & Jacobebbinghaus, Peter, 2005. "Strike activity and centralisation in wage setting," IAB-Discussion Paper 200522, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    2. Stefan Oliver Houpt & Juan Carlos Rojo Cagigal, 2014. "Relative deprivation and labour conflict during Spain’s industrialization: the Bilbao estuary, 1914–1936," Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC), vol. 8(3), pages 335-369, September.
    3. Hagen Lesch, 2016. "Changes in Industrial Action: A Comparison between Germany and Other OECD Countries," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 16(4), pages 68-78, January.
    4. Gürtzgen, Nicole & Garloff, Alfred, 2008. "Innovationen in den Rahmenbedingungen von Tarifverhandlungen: Endbericht zum Projekt," ZEW Expertises, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 110513.
    5. Giorgos Gouzoulis, 2023. "What do indebted employees do? Financialisation and the decline of industrial action," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(1), pages 71-94, January.
    6. Thommen, Yann, 2022. "Reforms of collective bargaining institutions in European Union countries: Bad timing, bad outcomes?," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    7. Hagen Lesch, 2005. "International comparison of labour disputes and structural change," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 6(04), pages 42-52, December.
    8. Hagen Lesch, 2016. "Changes in Industrial Action: A Comparison between Germany and Other OECD Countries," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 16(04), pages 68-78, January.

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