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Collective Bargaining in the C anadian Public Sector, 1978–2008: The Consequences of Restraint and Structural Change
Author(s) -
Campolieti Michele,
Hebdon Robert,
Dachis Benjamin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/bjir.12082
Subject(s) - arbitration , collective bargaining , wage , principal (computer security) , public sector , affect (linguistics) , economics , unit (ring theory) , wage bargaining , labour economics , human settlement , business , economy , political science , law , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics education , mathematics , archaeology , computer science , history , operating system
We study public‐sector bargaining and contract outcomes using C anadian data from 1978 to 2008. We have a number of interesting results, but our principal findings are from our analysis of wage settlements. We find that the essential services designation, which only allows non‐essential members of a bargain unit to strike, is associated with decreases in wages. Our estimates also suggest that there is an arbitration wage premium and that making adjustments to the ability to pay criterion used by arbitrators to determine awards does not affect this premium. We also discuss the implications of our estimates.