Summary information

Study title

Wage Negotiations, British Coal Industry, 1870-1914

Creator

Treble, J. G., University of Hull, Department of Economics

Study number / PID

2274 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2274-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

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Investigation of nineteenth century precursors of profit-sharing and `pendulum' arbitration
Main Topics:

Variables
Wages offered and demanded through negotiations; price of coal; whether the decision was arbitrated or not.
A large number of other variables introduced into the negotiations is coded qualitatively or quantitatively as appropriate.

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1984 - 01/01/1987

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Groups
Institutions/organisations
National
Coal industry
Wage settlements

Universe

The British coal industry wage negotiating institutions, 1870-1914

Sampling procedure

No information recorded

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

No information recorded

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1987

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

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Related publications

  • Treble, J. (1986) 'How new is final-offer arbitration?', Industrial Relations
  • Treble, J. (1987) 'Sliding Scales and Conciliation Boards: : Risk-Sharing in the Late 19th Century British Coal Industry', Oxford Economic Papers, 679-698