Labour market adjustment a hundred years ago
The case of the Catalan textile industry, 1880-19131
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3733999 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jordi Domenech (0000-0002-7302-5810, University of York, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2008 |
| Volumen | 61 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 1-25 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2008-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2007.00385.x |
| OpenAlex | W2164464523 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 8 |
| Referencias citadas | 28 |
This paper studies the way workers and firms behaved in a highly cyclical sector such as the Catalan cotton textile industry. Using firm level evidence from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the paper shows that, in spite of weak unionization and the lack of regional or local collective bargaining institutions, piece rates in cotton spinning and weaving were not subject to competitive rate cuts and remained fixed over the cycle. When facing a negative demand shock, firms adjusted by reducing output, hours of work, labour productivity, and employment. The paper finally evaluates the possible sources of wage rigidity in the industry
Art · Catalan · Collective bargaining · Demand shock · Economics · Economy · Humanities · Incentive · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Monetary economics · Piece work · Political science · Productivity · Shock (circulatory) · Textile industry · Weaving · Engineering · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
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| Obras citantes distintas | 8 |
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| Citas por año | 0,44 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 7 |