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Declining Strike Activity in Australia 1983–85: An International Phenomenon?

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  • JOHN J. BEGGS
  • BRUCE J. CHAPMAN

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The paper investigates the possible effect of Australian incomes policy on strike activity compared to other countries not adopting such a strategy. The chief issue is whether Australia experienced a more pronounced fall in strikes during the 1983–85 period of the Accord than a representative group of other countries. We also seek evidence for the proposition that there is a transmission of industrial restiveness between countries. The results are unambiguous: in an international context the Australian diminution of strike activities after the beginning of the Accord was most unusual, and there is no evidence of a general world‐wide transmission of industrial disputation.

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  • John J. Beggs & Bruce J. Chapman, 1987. "Declining Strike Activity in Australia 1983–85: An International Phenomenon?," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 63(4), pages 330-339, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:63:y:1987:i:4:p:330-339
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1987.tb00666.x
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