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...

Internationale Streikvergleiche weisen Deutschland als ein vergleichsweise konfliktarmes Land aus. Tatsächlich lag die Anzahl der je 1.000 Arbeitnehmer arbeitskampfbedingt ausgefallenen Arbeitstage im Zeitraum von 2000 bis 2007 bei nur fünf Tagen pro Jahr. Noch konfliktärmer waren von 20...