Larragy, Joe
(1990)
Cyclical and institutional determinants of
annual trade union growth and decline
in Ireland: evidence from the DUES data series.
European Sociological Review, 6.
pp. 49-72.
ISSN 0266-7215
Abstract
Attempts to apply the influential Bain-Elsheikh model to annual trade union growth and decline
in Ireland have produced puzzling results. This paper rejects existing interpretations of such results by
economists and offers an alternative explanation which is theoretically and empirically more satisfactory. While
strong evidence is found that variations in labour market slackness affect opportunity to unionize, there is no
evidence that they directly affect employees' or employers' dispositions towards unionization. The paper
establishes that the peculiarities of labour market and institutional structure and development in Ireland
provide a severe test of models developed on the basis of the experience of the major Western nations.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Cyclical; Institutional;
Annual trade union;
Ireland; DUES data series; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Applied Social Studies |
| Item ID: |
8413 |
| Depositing User: |
Mr Joe Larragy
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| Date Deposited: |
04 Jul 2017 17:01 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
European Sociological Review |
| Publisher: |
Oxford University Press |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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