William M Boal

Biographic Data

ID1183394
NAMEWilliam M Boal
GIVEN NAMESWilliam M
FAMILY NAMEBoal
SIGNATUREBOAL W M
AFFILIATIONSDrake University
ORCID0000-0001-6816-0252
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Shorter hours and productivity

    William M BoalARTICLELabor History2024References: 24

    At the turn of the twentieth century, advocates for shorter working hours often claimed that workers were so fatigued by the end of the workday, that shortening daily hours from ten to eight would have little effect on output. This study examines the record for U.S. coal mining, analyzing both state-level and mine-level panel data during the transition to the eight-hour day. The hypothesis of zero effect is easily rejected. Instead, output declin…

  • Work intensity and worker safety in early twentieth-century coal mining

    Open AccessWilliam M BoalARTICLEExplorations in Economic History2018Cited by: 1References: 27

  • The Effect of Unionization on Productivity

    Open AccessWilliam M BoalARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…2017Cited by: 2References: 37

    The author measures the effect of unionization on productivity based on a panel of West Virginia coal mines from 1897 to 1928. Output and inputs are measured in physical terms, and most of the mines in the panel changed union status at least once, though not simultaneously, so the panel is close to ideal for measuring the effect of unionization on productivity. Fixed-effects estimates show that the union had little effect on productivity before 1…

  • New Estimates of Paid-up Membership in the United Mine Workers, 1902–29, by State and Province

    William M BoalARTICLELabor History2006

    This report offers new estimates of paid-up membership in the United Mine Workers from 1902 to 1929, derived from the international union's per-capita tax receipts. The estimates represent an improvement because they include more years and more states than previous estimates. More importantly, the new estimates disaggregate the grouped data presented in other sources to the state level. Disaggregation allows researchers to match these estimates t…

  • Estimates of unionism in West Virginia coal, 1900–1935

    William M BoalARTICLELabor History1994Cited by: 1

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsWilliam M. BoalWilliam Boal is Asst. Professor of Economics at Ohio State Univ

  • Unionism and Productivity in West Virginia Coal Mining

    William M BoalARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1990Cited by: 4References: 19

    This study presents econometric estimates of the effects of unionism on productivity in 83 West Virginia coal mines in the early 1920s. The size, detail, and panel structure of the data set permit investigation of many possible links between unionism and productivity, in contrast to the summary measures reported by most studies. The results show that the union effect was not uniform across mines and cannot be represented by a simple shift paramet…