Download This PaperThe Impact of Collective Bargaining Legislation on Strike Activity and Wage Settlements
36 Pages Posted: 4 Jun 2014
Date Written: July 2014
Abstract
We examine the effects of collective bargaining legislation, such as (among others) bans on replacement workers and reinstatement rights, on private sector strike activity and wage settlements using Canadian data from 1978 to 2008. Our estimates indicate that this legislation does not have a statistically significant effect on the incidence of strikes. However, we do find that some of the policy variables have a statistically significant effect on strike duration and wage settlements.
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Campolieti, Michele (Mike) and Hebdon, Robert and Dachis, Benjamin, The Impact of Collective Bargaining Legislation on Strike Activity and Wage Settlements (July 2014). Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 53, Issue 3, pp. 394-429, 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2445702 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irel.12063
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