Institutions for prevention and resolution of labor market conflicts were introduced all over the world in the early twentieth century. In this paper we analyze the impact of mediation on compromise outcomes in Swedish labor market conflicts, using a dataset of geo-coded strikes and lockouts from 1907 to 1927. Causality is identified by using the distance from the mediator's residence to the conflict as an instrument. Despite their limited authority and access to economic resources, the presence of mediators in a conflict resulted in about 30 per cent higher probability of a compromise outcome. Mediation was more likely to work as intended in settings where conflicting parties recognized each other and struggled over a prize that could be divided. The results suggest that mediation could have paved the way for a cooperative atmosphere in local labor markets. At the national level such an atmosphere was clearly manifested in the General Agreement in 1938 and with the rise of the Swedish Model.

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从冲突到妥协：调解在1907-1927年瑞典停工中的重要性

二十世纪初，在世界各地引入了预防和解决劳动力市场冲突的机构。在本文中，我们使用1907年至1927年按地理编码的罢工和停工数据集分析了瑞典劳动力市场冲突中调解对妥协结果的影响。通过使用从调解员的住所到冲突的距离来确定因果关系。尽管他们的权力有限且无法获得经济资源，但调解员在冲突中的存在导致妥协结果的可能性提高了约30％。调解更有可能按计划在冲突双方相互认可并争夺可分得奖品的环境中发挥作用。结果表明，调解可以为当地劳动力市场的合作气氛铺平道路。在国家一级，随着1938年瑞典模式的兴起，这种气氛明显体现在《总协定》中。