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This is the first paper to estimate the effect of teacher strikes on student long-run educational attainment and labor … market outcomes. We exploit cross-cohort variation in the prevalence of teacher strikes within and across provinces in … Argentina in a difference-in-difference framework to examine how exposure to teacher strikes during primary school affects long …
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This article investigates the transformations of the French unionism and of the French system of industrial relations over the last years and their probable future. It shows: an evolution from a militant unionism to a professionalized trade unionist system; the decline of collective actions; the...
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This paper provides a historical overview of the South African trade union movement, followed by a brief discussion of the labour market legislation and institutions formed since 1994. Thereafter, a detailed evaluation of the impact of trade unions, legislation, and institutions on labour market...
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representation on strikes, distinguishing in the first instance between works councils on the one hand and broadly equivalent trade …
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Using cross-country data, this paper investigates the relationship between workplace representation and strikes. Works …, and also more strikes than establishments with union workplace representation where union members are in a minority …
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fewer legal protections, and they increase their disposal of production units that are located in states where strikes have …
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We find evidence that labor unions affect CEO compensation. First, we find that firms with strong unions pay their CEOs less. The negative effect is robust to various tests for endogeneity, including cross-sectional variations and a regression discontinuity design. Second, we find that CEO...
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This article argues that more emphasis should be paid to the communicative power of trade unionism because it may constitute a starting point or a privileged standpoint which a trade union may use to counter its weakness regarding its other sources of power. Reviewing the trade union...
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Using the 2019 ECS, we investigate the relationship between union organization, workplace representation, industrial relations quality and strike incidence. We also consider some six issues behind the most recent instances of industrial action or threatened industrial action and their outcomes....
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Strikes, just as other types of conflict, used to be difficult to explain from an economic perspective. Initially, it … asymmetric information to prominence as a significant cause of strikes. After reviewing such long-standing potential explanations … with the union can lead to strikes. Additionally, power asymmetries, reputation-building, and internal union politics can …
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