World Labor Group database (Times and NYT Index labor unrest)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	newspapers periodicals
Producer	World Labor Research Working Group
Coverage	1870-1996
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Data reliability and econometric method	2
Worker consciousness, strikes and conflict on the mines and shop floor	2
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion	1
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement	1
Racial wage gaps, wage convergence and wage determination	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Beittel (1995a)	New York Times Index mentions of labor unrest in South Africa	1906-1990	Used to test the reliability of the Times (London)-based indicator by calculating wave-years separately and comparing the results.
Beittel (1995a)	World Labor Research Working Group (WLG) database: mentions of labor unrest in the Times (London) Index	1906-1990	Forms the main WLG indicator of labor unrest waves for South Africa, which is evaluated against the stylized facts and strike statistics.
Beittel (1995b)	New York Times Index mentions of labor unrest in South Africa	1906-1990	Second newspaper series (487 mentions) used to test the reliability of the Times (London)-based indicator by calculating its own wave-years.
Beittel (1995b)	Table 1 / WLG Database wave-years for South Africa 1911-90	1911-1990	Table listing wave-years and major waves from the WLG indicator.
Beittel (1995b)	World Labor Research Working Group (WLG) database of mentions of labor unrest in the Times (London) Index	1906-1990	Source of the WLG indicator (2,306 mentions), whose wave-years are compared to the stylized facts and the strike statistics.