A study of political activism in labour courts

James Francis Booth and Benoit Freyens ()

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 123, issue 3, 370-373

Abstract: We analyse 1234 judicial decisions to estimate political activism amongst judges arbitrating dismissal disputes in Australian labour courts. The political colour of the appointing political party and judges’ work background affect probability of employee success by about 10% points.

Keywords: Labour courts; Political activism; Dismissal disputes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J52 K41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.03.024

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