Duty to bargain
| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | labor_duty_barg |
| Category | Labour and labour market |
| Label | Duty to bargain |
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This variable is taken from the CBR Labour Regulation Index Dataset (‘CBR-LRI’), which provides data on labor laws in 117 countries for the period from (in most cases) 1970 to 2022, except for post-socialist countries (see Adams et al. 2017, 2023). The variable measures the employers duty of the right to reach an agreement with official collective actors in the country's constitution (flexibly interpreted in the case of countries without a codified constitution). The CBR-LRI data was coded using provisions of law and relevant court decisions, which are taken from secondary sources, national law databases, and ILO NATLEX data. The variable scale ranges from "0" to "1" where "0" corresponds to the legal system where employers may lawfully refuse to bargain with workers and "1" to employers have the legal duty to bargain and/or to reach an agreement with unions, works councils or other organizations of workers.
Coding rules
The coding template (algorithm) with the definition of the variable and instructions for the coding process is described in Adams et al. (2017, 2023). The assessment of the scale level in the CBR-LRI documentation and the description of the values in the template are partially contradictory. The scale level was set uniformly to metric for all CBR-LRI data on collective rights in the 1st project phase of CRC 1342; this is retained for pragmatic reasons. As Adams et al. (2023) describe, the value of the variable "Duty to bargain" "Equals 1 if employers have the legal duty to bargain and/or to reach an agreement with unions, works councils or other organizations of workers. Equals 0 if employers may lawfully refuse to bargain with workers. Scope for further gradations between 0 and 1 to reflect changes in the strength of the law."
Bibliographic info
Citation:
Deakin, Simon, Johna Armour and Mathias Siems (2017). CBR Leximetric Datasets [updated]. [Dataset]. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130
Deakin, Simon, Johna Armour and Mathias Siems (2023). CBR Leximetric Datasets [Updated 2023]. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130.2
Related publications:
Adams, Zoe, Louise Bishop, and Simon Deakin. (2017). CBR Labour Regulation Index (Dataset of 117 Countries). Cambridge: Centre for Business Research. Centre for Business Research, Cambridge. at: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130
Adams, Zoe, Bhumika Billa, Louise Bishop, Simon Deakin and Tvisha Shroff (2023). CBR Labour Regulation Index (Dataset of 117 Countries, 1970-2022) - Codes and Sources. Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. at: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130.2
Misc
Project manager(s):
Responsible for data editing and entry: Andrea Schäfer (2021-2025), Jean-Yves Gerlitz (2018-20)
Principal Investigator: Irene Dingeldey, Ulrich Mückenberger
Student assistants: Karolin Meyer (2018-2020)
Data release:
Version 0.001: Initial release with data from CBR-LRI published in April 2017 (data for the period from (in most cases) 1970 to 2013)
Version 0.002: Updated with data from CBR-LRI 2023, V2* (data for the period from (in most cases) 1970 to 2022)
Revisions: No revisions yet
Sources
Deakin, Simon, Johna Armour and Mathias Siems (2017). CBR Leximetric Datasets [updated]. [Dataset]. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130
Deakin, Simon, Johna Armour and Mathias Siems (2023). CBR Leximetric Datasets [Updated 2023]. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130.
