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Kerstin Enflo. Foto.

Kerstin Enflo

Professor

Kerstin Enflo. Foto.

Strikes and local politics

Författare

  • Jakob Molinder
  • Kerstin Enflo
  • Tobias Karlsson

Summary, in English

Conflicts in the labour market are detrimental to economic growth and welfare. Sweden was among the countries with the highest incidents of industrial disputes in the 1920s, but experienced declining levels from the 1930s onward. Using Swedish data from 1919 to 1938, this column shows that towns with both powerful unions and strong Social Democratic presence experienced labour market peace. The results point toward the importance of labour market peace for strategic political reasons, rather than to politicians offering tangible concessions via municipal governmental power.

Avdelning/ar

  • Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen
  • Centrum för ekonomisk demografi

Publiceringsår

2018-09-20

Språk

Engelska

Dokumenttyp

Webbpublikation

Förlag

voxeu.org

Ämne

  • Economic History
  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)

Nyckelord

  • strikes
  • power resource theory
  • Sweden
  • labor unions
  • industrial conflicts

Status

Published

Projekt

  • From Sundsvall to Saltsjöbaden: A regional perspective on strikes at the Swedish labor market