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David B Lipsky

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Interplant Transfer And Terminated Workers: A Case Study (Reply), David B. Lipsky Mar 2013

Interplant Transfer And Terminated Workers: A Case Study (Reply), David B. Lipsky

David B Lipsky

[Excerpt] The design of policies intended to aid workers who are threatened with displacement involves issues of a complex and difficult nature. The need for careful analysis of the issues is emphasized by Thomas Kochan's comment on my recent article. In that article I tried to point out the limitations of my analysis, the difficulties of generalizing on the basis of a case study, and the tentative nature of my conclusions. Space did not allow a full elaboration of these problems; now Kochan has performed a useful service by heightening our awareness of them. However, I cannot believe he has …


Employment And Unemployment Statistics In Collective Bargaining: Discussion, David B. Lipsky Mar 2013

Employment And Unemployment Statistics In Collective Bargaining: Discussion, David B. Lipsky

David B Lipsky

[Excerpt] This writer can't see the potential in the establishment survey data that Mills sees —at least, not for collective bargaining purposes. First, the sample can never be made large enough, except at prohibitive cost, to include a sufficient cross-section of unionized firms. Granted, union and management representatives have some interest in what is happening in nonunion firms; but this writer would guess their principal interest is in what is happening in comparable unionized relationships. Second, the establishment survey is a good source of information on average hourly earnings and the like, but it is hard to believe it provides …