economic theory of strikes. To date, however, few empirical tests of these models have been carried out. This paper presents … some evidence supporting this view of strikes. A set of predictions concerning the incidence and unconditional duration of … strikes is derived from a simple bargaining model where the union is uncertain about the firm's future profitability. These …

--and differential privacy--a computer science theory emerging as the standard tool for protecting and quantifying privacy. Together …

The U.S. has witnessed a resurgence of labor activism, with teachers at the forefront. We examine how teacher strikes … affect compensation, working conditions, and productivity with an original dataset of 772 teacher strikes generating 48 … million student days idle between 2007 and 2023. Using an event study framework, we find that, on average, strikes increase …

the market in a way that makes signaling credible. Using our institutional knowledge, we also identify the specific signal …

and 30% to education signaling workers' ability …