The Economics of the Trade Union by Alison L Booth

The Economics of the Trade Union by Alison L Booth

This book analyses the crucial features of unionised labour markets. The models in the book refer to labour contracts between unions and management, but the method of analysis is also applicable to non-union labour markets where workers have some market power. In this book, Alison Booth, a researcher in the field, emphasises the connection between theoretical and empirical approaches to studying unionised labour markets. She also highlights the importance of taking into account institutional differences between countries and sectors when constructing models of the unionised labour market. While the focus of the book is on the US and British unionised labour markets, the models and analytical methods are applicable to other industrialised countries with appropriate modifications.

'It would be hard to find a more thorough review and assessment of the literature on trade unions within economics … very useful, the analysis is excellent' British Universities Industrial Relations Association Newsletter
'… this is altogether a useful monograph on a subject which is relatively rarely reviewed. It is written more for specialists and advanced students and is an excellent reference book for a library.' Marc Tardieu, European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Alison Booth is an English professor at the University of Virginia and the director of the University of Virginia Library's Scholars' Lab. She is the author of the Barbara Penny Kanner Award-winning book How to Make It as a Woman: Collective Biographical History from Victoria to the Present.

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ISBN 13	9780521468398
ISBN 10	0521468396
Title	The Economics of the Trade Union
Author	Alison L Booth
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1994-11-24
Number of pages	312
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