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The Theory of Union Growth

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  • Horace B. Davis

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I. Conditions favorable to union growth: unions as defensive organizations, 611; the "prosperity theory," 614; union growth and price movements, 617. — Preliminary formulation of a theory of union growth, 619. — II. Booms in union growth, 620. — The influence of wars, 622. — Inertia, 623. — Employer opposition, 624. — The "welfare" approach, 625. — III. The importance of leadership, 625. — IV. The influence of industrialization, 628. — V. Conclusion: expansion of the preliminary theory of union growth, 632.

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  • Horace B. Davis, 1941. "The Theory of Union Growth," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 55(4), pages 611-637.
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    1. Richard B. Freeman, 1998. "Spurts in Union Growth: Defining Moments and Social Processes," NBER Chapters, in: The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century, pages 265-296, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Vidu Badigannavar & John Kelly & Manik Kumar, 2021. "Turning the tide? Economic reforms and union revival in India," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(4), pages 364-385, July.
    3. Geraghty, Thomas M. & Wiseman, Thomas, 2011. "Conflict and compromise: Changes in U.S. strike outcomes, 1880 to 1945," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 48(4), pages 519-537.

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