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Welfare policy in the presence of unionised labour and internationally mobile firms
Rocha-Akis, Silvia; Schöb, Ronnie - 2009
In oligopolistic industries that are unionised and may be affected by offshoring, falling offshoring costs have a moderating effect on trade unions. They will accept lower sector wages in order to discourage mobile forms from leaving the country. Since such wages are independent of the workers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931419
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Welfare policy in the presence of unionised labour and internationally mobile firms
Rocha-Akis, Silvia; Schöb, Ronnie - 2010
In oligopolistic industries, increased cost saving opportunities via offshoring have a moderating effect on trade unions. In order to discourage mobile firms from leaving the country, unions accept lower sector wages. In effect, the negotiated wage becomes independent of workers' bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966443
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Welfare Policy in the Presence of Unionised Labour and Internationally Mobile Firms
Rocha-Akis, Silvia - 2010
In oligopolistic industries, increased cost saving opportunities via offshoring have a moderating effect on trade unions. In order to discourage mobile firms from leaving the country, unions accept lower sector wages. In effect, the negotiated wage becomes independent of workers' bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144026
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Welfare policy in the presence of unionised labour and internationally mobile firms
Rocha-Akis, Silvia; Schöb, Ronnie - 2009
In oligopolistic industries that are unionised and may be affected by offshoring, falling offshoring costs have a moderating effect on trade unions. They will accept lower sector wages in order to discourage mobile forms from leaving the country. Since such wages are independent of the workers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299971
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Welfare policy in the presence of unionised labour and internationally mobile firms
Rocha-Akis, Silvia; Schöb, Ronnie - 2010
In oligopolistic industries, increased cost saving opportunities via offshoring have a moderating effect on trade unions. In order to discourage mobile firms from leaving the country, unions accept lower sector wages. In effect, the negotiated wage becomes independent of workers' bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270554
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Offshoring and the decline of unions
Munch, Jakob Roland; Olney, William W. - 2024
The prevalence of labor unions have declined post-WWII, and this paper examines whether globalization is a contributing factor. Offshoring jobs abroad may change the composition of domestic firms and employment and thus reduce union density. Alternatively, a firms' ability to offshore may erode...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014580754
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The Political Economy of Inequality in Rich Democracies
Rothwell, Jonathan T. - 2019
Rich democracies have experienced a large increase in income inequality starting around 1980, coinciding with a rise in … and tax-based sources. Greater exposure to innovation and trade does not predict higher inequality in levels of changes … traditional measures of bias toward capital have mixed results. The strongest predictors of inequality are two variables: an index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860917
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Economic growth, welfare models and inequality in the context of globalisation
Tridico, Pasquale; Meloni, Walter Paternesi - In: The economic and labour relations review : ELRR 29 (2018) 1, pp. 118-139
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011928200
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New evidence toward solving the puzzle of innovation and inequality : the role of institutions
Biurrun, Antonio - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 31 (2022) 8, pp. 729-750
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013417431
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From a "just transition for us" to a "just transition for all"
Galgóczi, Béla - In: Transfer : the European review of labour and research ; … 28 (2022) 3, pp. 349-366
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435538