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The Impact of Collective Bargaining Legislation on Disputes in the U.S. Public Sector: No Policy May Be the Worst Policy

Year: 1992

Type: report

Abstract: This paper estimates the impact of collective bargaining legislation on disputes during labor negotiations in the U.S. public sector.We use a large national sample of U.S. state and local government contracts to compare the incidence and intensity of disputes by similar workers under different forms of collective bargaining legislation.The breadth of our data allows us to examine the impact of five different forms of legislation.Our principal finding is that strike Costs, measured by strike duration and the number of working days lost, are highest in jurisdictions that provide no explicit framework for bargaining or dispute resolution.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w3978

Authors: Janet Currie, Sheena McConnell

Institutions: Northwestern University, National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mathematica Policy Research

Language: English

Topic: Labor Movements and Unions

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1570031982

Cites: 9

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10