Unions and Right-to-Work Laws:
The Global Evidence of Their Impact on Employment

edited by Fazil Mihlar

The Fraser Institute
Vancouver British Columbia Canada 1997

Copyright (c) 1997 by The Fraser Institute. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

The authors of this book have worked independently and opinions expressed by them are, therefore, their own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the members or the trustees of The Fraser Institute.

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        Contents

            Foreword: Closed-Shop Provisions Violate the Charters of Rights and Freedoms
            Roger J. Bedard

            Introduction
            Fazil Mihlar and Michael Walker

            Canada's Labour Laws: An Overview
            Dennis R. Maki

            Unionization and Economic Performance: Evidence on Productivity, Profits, Investment, and Growth
            Barry T. Hirsch

            Right-to-Work Laws: Evidence from the United States
            James T. Bennett 71

            Economic Development and the Right to Work: Evidence from Idaho and other Right-to-Work States
            David Kendrick

            The Process of Labour Market Reform in the United Kingdom
            John T. Addison and W. Stanley Siebert

           Economic Impact of Labour Reform: Evidence from the United Kingdom
            Charles Hanson

            Free to Work: The Liberalization of New Zealand's Labour Markets
            Wolfgang Kasper

            Critique of Alberta's Right-to-Work Study
            Fazil Mihlar

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