The use of replacement workers in union contract negotiations: The US experience, 1980-1989

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cramton, P; Tracy, J
• 署名单位: Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - New York; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/209902
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 667-701
• 关键词: strike duration

摘要

It is argued in many circles that a structural change occurred in U.S. collective bargaining in the 1980s. We investigate the extent to which the hiring of replacement workers can account for these changes. For a sample of over 300 major strikes since 1980, we estimate the likelihood of replacements being hired. Reducing the replacement risk to the pre-1982 levels would have led to a reduction in the dispute incidence by 5 percentage points, an increase in the fraction of disputes involving a strike by 4 percentage points, and an increase in the strike incidence by 0.8 percentage points.