Soft Coal, Hard Choices

Abstract

This is a study of the economic lives of American bituminous coal miners in the early part of this century. Most studies of labor in coal mining focus on the struggle to organize unions. This study offers a broader, more quantitative picture of the labor market, making use of economic theory and statistics, and emphasizing competition among employers for labor, the legal environment, the development of institutions in response to transaction costs, as well as the impact of labor unions.

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