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From Sundsvall to Saltsjöbaden: A Regional Approach to Strikes and Protests in the Swedish Labor Market 1859-1938

SND-ID: SND 1088

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Kerstin Enflo - Lund University, Economic History Department

Jakob Molinder - Lund University, Economic History Department

Tobias Karlsson - Lund University, Economic History Department

Description

The project assembles a unique regional panel-dataset on strikes and lockouts (work stoppages) between 1859 and 1938. The regional dimension allows to use communities as mini-laboratories for studying how conflict and compromises come about at the local level. By holding factors constant at the regional and industry level,it is possible to analyze the relative importance of local economic conditions, union strategies and political influence as they evolve over time.

Language

English

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Lund University

Responsible department/unit

Economic History Department

Funding

Funding agency: Swedish Research Council
Funding agency's reference number: 2014-01491

Protection and ethical review

Method and time period

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Stockholm County, Uppsala County, Södermanland County, Östergötland County, Jönköping County, Kronoberg County, Kalmar County, Gotland County, Blekinge County, Skåne County, Halland County, Västra Götaland County, Värmland County, Örebro County, Västmanland County, Dalarna County, Gävleborg County, Västernorrland County, Jämtland County, Västerbotten County, Norrbotten County

Topic and keywords

Research area

ECONOMICS, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT, HISTORY (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, History (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

employment, labour (resource), strikes, economic history, labour market, industrial conflicts, work stoppage

Publications

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Molinder, J., Karlsson, T., & Enflo, K. (2022). Social democracy and the decline of strikes. In Explorations in Economic History (Vol. 83). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2021.101420
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2021.101420

Molinder, J., Karlsson, T., & Enflo, K. (2021). More Power to the People : Electricity Adoption, Technological Change, and Labor Conflict. In Journal of Economic History (Vol. 81, Issue 2, pp. 481–512). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050721000127
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-455625
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050721000127

Karlsson, Tobias (2019) “Strikes and lockouts in Sweden: revisiting Raphael’s list of work stoppages 1859-1902”, Lund Papers in Economic History 192. https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/ws/files/62624795/LUPEH_192.pdf

Molinder, J., Enflo, K and Karlsson, T. (2018). 'The Power Resource Theory Revisited: What Explains the Decline in Industrial Conflicts in Sweden?'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=13130

Enflo, K., & Karlsson, T. (2019). From conflict to compromise: The importance of mediation in Swedish work stoppages 1907-1927. In European Review of Economic History (Vol. 23, Issue 3, pp. 268–298). https://doi.org/10.1093/ereh/hey023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ereh/hey023

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Dataset

From Sundsvall to Saltsjöbaden: A Regional Approach to Strikes and Protests in the Swedish Labor Market 1859-1938

Associated documentation

Code-book all strikes 1859-1938.pdf

Description

The datasets described in this document have been extracted and digitized in the project Från Sundsvall till Saltsjöbaden: Ett regionalt perspektiv på strejker och protester på den svenska arbetsmarknaden [From Sundsvall to Saltsjöbaden: A regional approach to strikes and protests in the Swedish labour rmarket] (VR 2014-1491). The project members were Kerstin Enflo (PI), Tobias Karlsson and Jakob Molinder.

Research assistance: Diego Cattolica, Maria Lundborg, Emelie Rhone Till, Scott Sutherland, Pedro Salas Rojo. Geo-coding: Robert Larsson, Erik Olofsson.

There are three interrelated datasets in this database.

1) The longest dataset 1859-1938 is built upon two separate datasets, covering the periods 1859-1902 and 1903-1927 that were extracted directly from printed sources, and information extracted from primary sources for the period 1928-1938. This dataset has been harmonized and covers only the number of work stoppages by location.

2) The first underlying dataset covers the period 1859-1902 and include many more variables. The data is recorded at the level of each work stoppage.

3) The second underlying dataset covers 1903-1927 and include many more variables The data is recorded at the level of each work stoppage.

All datasets, sources and variables included are further described in the documentation.

Cite dataset 1 as:
Molinder, Jakob, Tobias, Karlsson & Kerstin Enflo (2018) "The power resource theory revisited: what explains the decline in industrial conflicts in Sweden?" Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), s. 1-27 27 s.(Discussion Paper series; nr. DP13130) and Karlsson, Tobias (2019) “Strikes and lockouts in Sweden: revisiting Raphael’s list of work stoppages 1859-1902”, Lund Papers in Economic History 192.
Cite dataset 2 as:
Karlsson, Tobias (2019) “Strikes and lockouts in Sweden: revisiting Raphael’s list of work stoppages 1859-1902”, Lund Papers in Economic History 192.
Cite dataset 3 as :
Enflo, Kerstin & Tobias Karlsson (2018) "From conflict to compromise: the importance of mediation in Swedish work stoppages 1907-1927", European Review of Economic History, hey023, https://doi.org/10.1093/ereh/hey023 Show less..

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2019-03-01
https://doi.org/10.5878/qqqg-qz51

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Kerstin Enflo, Jakob Molinder, Tobias Karlsson. Lund University (2019). From Sundsvall to Saltsjöbaden: A Regional Approach to Strikes and Protests in the Swedish Labor Market 1859-1938. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/qqqg-qz51

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Kerstin Enflo - Lund University, Economic History Department

Jakob Molinder - Lund University, Economic History Department

Tobias Karlsson - Lund University, Economic History Department

Time period(s) investigated

1859 – 1938

Published: 2019-03-01

Last updated: 2022-10-21

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