Preparatory Work for a Comparative Study of Allocation in Labor Markets

尽管近年来面临大量失业，发达工业国家的工会只是偶尔以罢工或其他工业行动作为回应。政治学先前的研究表明，有组织的劳工对裁员威胁的不同反应与劳资关系的制度背景有关。具体来说，在资历保护工会领导人免于裁员的地方，工业行动不太常见。相反，经济学研究表明，当普通会员受到保护时，工会对裁员漠不关心。本研究试图调和这些不同的观点，并发展一个全面统一的工业行动的政治经济理论。具体来说，该奖项旨在为这位才华横溢的年轻研究者进行她提出的创新研究做好准备。具体来说，该奖金将用于允许研究者在政治学培训的基础上增加经济学和计量经济学的培训。这种额外的培训将使研究者能够进一步从事已经开始的富有成效的研究。当这项研究完成后，将增加我们对劳资关系的理解，并为罢工和其他工业行动的原因提供见解。

Although faced with massive job losses in recent years, labor unions in advanced industrial countries only occasionally have responded with strikes or other industrial actions. Previous research in Political Science suggests that variations in the responses of organized labor to threats of work force reduction are linked to the institutional context of labor-management relations. Specifically, where seniority protects union leaders from layoffs industrial actions are less common. Research in economics suggests in contrast that unions are indifferent to layoffs when the average member is protected. This research attempts to reconcile these disparate perspectives and to develop a comprehensive and unified political economic theory of industrial action. Specifically, this award is intended to prepare this talented young investigator to conduct the innovative research she proposes. Specifically, the award will be used to allow the investigator to supplement her training in Political Science with additional training in Economics and econometrics. This additional training will enable the investigator to further pursue the productive line of research already begun. When completed this research should increase our understanding of labor-management relations and provide insights into the causes of strikes and other industrial actions.