A Competing Risks Analysis of Strike Duration in Spain: Agreement and Non-Agreement Outcomes

Silviano Esteve-Pérez, Mariluz Marco Aledo and Maria Engracia Rochina Barrachina
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Mariluz Marco Aledo: Universidad de Valencia

Revista de Economía Laboral - Spanish Journal of Labour Economics, 2006, vol. 3, No 1, 14-45

Abstract: This paper analyses the determinants of strike duration in Spain taking into account different outcomes (agreement and non-agreement). We find that duration decreases with the number of strikers or several applicable agreements to strike units. It rises with minimum services, the degree of strike support and in private firms. With respect to the real GDP growth rate, duration is pro-cyclical in strikes ending in agreement and counter-cyclical in those ending without agreement. Uncompensated and unexpected inflation decreases duration for agreement strikes and increases it for non-agreement ones. The 1997 labour reform, with a wide social consensus, raises the chances of the agreement outcome.

Keywords: Strike duration; strike outcome; competing risks hazard model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 J52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
Note: Vol. 3, Núm. 1 (2006)
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