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Wage Determination and Strike Activity in Nigeria

This paper presents a model designed to study wage determination and strike activity in an economic and institutional environment different from those analysed in the strike literature. This model embodies the hypotheses that wages and prices are jointly determined, and that incomes policies significantly contribute to the increase in the frequency of strikes in Nigeria. The model analysed in this paper departs from most previous studies by examining wage determination in Nigeria, where collective bargaining co-exists with wage commissions appointed by the government. We develop a simultaneous…