An Annotated Bibliography of Recent Research on Labour Relations Policy, Unionization, and Canada-U.S. Labour Market Performance

Baker, D., Glyn, A., Howell, D., and Schmitt, J. (2004). “Unemployment and Labor Market Institutions: The Failure of the Empirical Case for Deregulation.” Economic Policy Analysis, New School University, pp. 1 - 44.

Baker, D., Glyn, A., Howell, D., and Schmitt, J. (2005). “Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment: Assessment of the Cross-Country Evidence.” In David R. Howell (ed.), Fighting Unemployment: The Limits of Free-Market Orthodoxy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 72 - 118. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/0195165845.003.0003

Bowlby, G. (2005). “Divergence in the Canadian and US Labour Markets” Canadian Public Policy Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 83-92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/3552597

Chaison, G. N. and Rose, J.B. (1985). “The State of the Unions: United States and Canada,” Journal of Labor Research Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 97 - 111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02685155

Ferrao, V. (2009). “The Recent Labour Market in Canada and the United States,” Perspectives on Labour and Income Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 75- 001-X (March), pp. 14 - 18.

Fortin, P., Keil, M., and Symons, J. (2001). “The Sources of Unemployment in Canada, 1967-91: Evidence from a Panel of Regions and Demographic Groups” Oxford Economic Papers, New Series, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 67 – 93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/53.1.67

Johnson, S. (2002) “Card Check or Mandatory Representation Vote? How the Type of Union Recognition Procedure Affects Union Certification Success,” The Economic Journal Vol. 112, No. 479, pp. 344 - 361. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00039

Johnson, S. (2004) “The Impact of Mandatory Votes on the Canada-U.S. Union Density Gap: A Note,” Industrial Relations Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 356 - 363. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0019-8676.2004.00333.x

Johnson, S. (2008) “First Contract Arbitration: Effects on Bargaining and Work Stoppages,” Laurier Center for Research and Policy. www.lcerpa.org. pp. 1 - 32.

Lynk, M. (2009). “Labour Law and the New Inequality,” Ivan Cleveland Rand Memorial Lecture, University of New Brunswick. pp. 1 - 34.

Macklem, T., and Barillas, F. (2005). “Recent Developments in the Canada-US Unemployment Rate Gap: Changing Patterns in Unemployment Incidence and Duration?” Canadian Public Policy Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 101-108. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/3552599

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2006). “Reassessing the Role of Policies and Institutions for Labour Market Performance: A Quantitative Analysis,” OECD Employment Outlook 2006, Ch. 7, pp. 207 – 231. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1787/empl_outlook-2006-9-en

Riddell, C. (2004). “Union Certification Success under Voting Versus CardCheck Procedures: Evidence from British Columbia, 1978 – 1998,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 493 – 517. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/001979390405700402

Riddell, W.C. (2005). “Why is Canada’s Unemployment Rate Persistently Higher than the United States?” Canadian Public Policy Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 93- 100. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/3552598

Slinn, S. (2004). “Empirical Analysis of the Effects of the Change from CardCheck to Mandatory Vote Certification,” Canadian Labor & Employment Law Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 259 – 302.

Stanford, J. (2005). “Revisiting the “Flexibility Hypothesis,” Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 109-116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/3552600