10.2190/0UYG-8VLE-6LBQ-CFCA 0UYG8VLE6LBQCFCA 0 THE EFFECT OF PUBLIC POLICY ON THE DURATION OF STRIKES BY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=0UYG8VLE6LBQCFCA 2 DANE M. PARTRIDGE Most public sector strike research has focused on one dimension of strike activity--strike frequency. One recent study, however, examined strike duration in local government in five states during the 1977-78 period. The previous study has several limitations, the most important of which is the scant attention given to the legal environment as a determinant of strike duration. The present study improves upon the previous research by focusing on the effect of public policy on strike duration, as well as broadening the number of jurisdictions and expanding the time period studied. The empirical results indicate that fiscal dependency is positively related to strike duration, the proportion of strikes over economic issues is negatively related, and measures of public policy are not statistically significant.