Unemployment Insurance benefit durations were extended during the Great Recession, reaching 99 weeks for most recipients. The extensions were rolled back and eventually terminated by the end of 2013. Using matched CPS data from 2008-2014, we estimate the effect of extended benefits on...

Analysis of the wages awarded by 64 arbitrators in 25 simulated interest arbitration cases strongly supports a model in which arbitrators, in determining an award, are influenced both by the facts of the case and by the offers of the parties. The arbitrators clearly weighted the facts more...

Shows that strikes in the construction industry in the United States have, by most measures, increased during the years since 1949. Categories of construction strike activity according to the major cause of the stoppage; Measures of strike activity; Major source of the increasing frequency of...

Presents a model of bargaining between trade unions and employers in which an interest arbitration procedure encourages negotiated settlements. Criteria that have been used to evaluate interest arbitration and other dispute settlement procedures; Effect of strikes; Effects of an arbitrator's...

It has often been argued that voter turnout in the United States is too low, particularly compared with turnout in other industrialized democracies, and that a healthy democracy should have higher turnout. One proposal that has been considered by Congress to increase voter turnout is the...