Has International Trade Affected Workers' Bargaining Power?

In this paper, we investigate whether globalization has affected workers' bargaining power in the Belgian manufacturing industry over the period 1987-1995 using a sample of more than 20,000 firms. We find little evidence of international trade and inward foreign direct investment having an impact on the workers' bargaining power. We find some evidence that technological change has a positive impact on the workers' bargaining power

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Brock, Ellen ; Dobbelaere, Sabien
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Lohnniveau \| Wage level \| Internationaler Wettbewerb \| International competition \| Tarifverhandlungen \| Collective bargaining \| Belgien \| Belgium \| Außenhandelspreis \| Foreign trade price \| Gewinn \| Profit
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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Review of World Economics, Vol. 142, No. 2, pp. 233-266, July 2006 Volltext nicht verfügbar
Classification:	C23 - Models with Panel Data ; D21 - Firm Behavior ; F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; F23 - Multinational Firms; International Business ; J50 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining. General ; L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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