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Informational Barriers to Compensatory Bargains: Why Workers Defend Obsolete Jobs

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Date & Time

Tue, 19 May 2026

12:30 - 14:00

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About this event

Investigate why workers resist change in the face of obsolete jobs.

Why you should come

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• Learn from Alexander Trubowitz on job defense strategies in Britain

• Discover how information barriers affect compensation policies

• Engage with new evidence from government and union archives

Event Highlights

  • Novel insights into why workers defend obsolete jobs
  • Exploration of information problems in compensatory bargains
  • Empirical study of postwar Britain's job loss conflicts

Speaker

Alexander Trubowitz

Nuffield College

Programme

12:30-14:00

Informational Barriers to Compensatory Bargains

Organized by: Nuffield College

Contact: politics.secretary@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

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