Strikes as a consequence of labour conflicts occur about 28 times as much in France as in the Netherlands. This paper examines the institutional differences underlying these differences in strike activity. Our empirical analysis shows that strike activity is high in France if workers were...

Strikes as a consequence of labour conflicts occur about 28 times as much in France as in the Netherlands. This paper examines the institutional differences underlying these differences in strike activity. Our empirical analysis shows that strike activity is high in France if workers were...

A strike insurance is integrated into a model based on one-sided private information of the firm. It is shown that the strike insurance will increase the dispute level if payments to the insurance are lump-sum or if payments from the insurance are proportional to wages. However, if wages affect...

Mit jahresdurchschnittlich drei Ausfalltagen je 1.000 Beschäftigten gehört Deutschland nach wie vor zu den OECD-Ländern mit den stabilsten Arbeitsbeziehungen. Im Vereinigten Königreich fielen seit 2010 im Durchschnitt 26 Tage pro Jahr aus, in Frankreich 139 Tage. Dass im Ausland mehr...

This paper examines the effects of industrial action and the impact of strike costs on the industrial action activity. Germany is characterised by having little industrial action. Within the framework of a wage bargaining model, it is argued that higher industrial action costs for the union lead...