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Strikes in British Coal Mining, 1893–1940: Testing Models of Strikes
Author(s) -
Campolieti Michele
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/irel.12276
Subject(s) - odds , attrition , coal mining , narrative , forensic engineering , focus (optics) , empirical research , econometrics , history , computer science , operations research , positive economics , coal , engineering , economics , archaeology , statistics , medicine , mathematics , art , logistic regression , literature , dentistry , machine learning , physics , optics
Unlike earlier studies, which focus on one model, I use data on British coal mining strikes to test several models of strikes, for example, the war‐of‐attrition, one‐sided asymmetric information and joint costs models as well as the safety valve hypothesis, which is related to “forest fire” models of strikes. I determine whether the data and estimates are compatible with these models as well as how observers in retrospective and contemporary accounts viewed these strikes. I find that the empirical and narrative evidence is supportive of the safety valve hypothesis, but is often at odds with the other (more commonly used) models.