Punching Out? An Analysis of the Changing Impact of Strikes in the post-WWII US Automotive Industry
(2016) EKHM51 20161Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- Drawing on a range of previously unused data to construct a data series of practically every strike in the US automotive industry from 1946-2002, this paper examines the changing relationship between strikes and wage determination in the post-war period. Drawing on the historical concept of the ‘labour-capital accord’ this study undertakes analysis on two sub-periods, 1946-1981 and 1982-2002. Through a multivariate time series analysis this study draws a number of findings that appear to contradict the current academic consensus around strikes and wages in the period after 1980. The study finds evidence of a positive strike-wage relationship for the whole period under examination.
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- author
- Mealy, Dominic LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- EKHM51 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- strikes, unions, UAW, union-wage premium, labor-capital accord, auto
- language
- English
- id
- 8886417
- date added to LUP
- 2016-08-02 11:26:07
- date last changed
- 2016-08-02 11:26:07
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