Working Paper: NBER ID: w1808
Authors: Casey Ichniowski
Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between strike activity by nonunion public employees and unionization. Examining the strike activity and unionization rates of some 600 nonunion municipal police departments from 1972 to 1978, this study finds that recognition strikes are concentrated where bargaining laws provide little or no protection of bargaining rights for municipal police. However, these strikes do not increase the unionization propensities of these police departments.
Keywords: public sector; unionization; strikes; labor relations
JEL Codes: J51; J52
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| recognition strikes (recoga) (J52) | probability of unionization (J50) |
| any strike (recogb) (J52) | probability of unionization (J50) |
| state bargaining laws (J58) | recognition strikes (recoga) (J52) |
| state bargaining laws (J58) | probability of unionization (J50) |