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Globalization and Labor Market Institutions: International Empirical Evidence
Potrafke, Niklas - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2013
A widespread concern is that labor market institutions erode in the course of globalization, which, in turn, decreases … employment and wages. By using panel data and crosssectional data, I investigate the influence of globalization on labor market … regulation. I use the indicators of labor market institutions by Gwartney et al. (2012) and the KOF indices of globalization. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627552
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Globalization and Labor Market Institutions: International Empirical Evidence
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
A widespread concern is that labor market institutions erode in the course of globalization, which, in turn, decreases … employment and wages. By using panel data and crosssectional data, I investigate the influence of globalization on labor market … regulation. I use the indicators of labor market institutions by Gwartney et al. (2012) and the KOF indices of globalization. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312084
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Labor market institutions and the future of work: Good jobs for all?
Eichhorst, Werner - 2017
Work and employment around the globe change continuously, but there are potentially more rapid and fundamental transformations ahead as new technologies can have major impact on what jobs will exist in the future, how people will work and how the global division of labor will evolve. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663477
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Labor market institutions and the future of work : good jobs for all?
Eichhorst, Werner - 2017
Work and employment around the globe change continuously, but there are potentially more rapid and fundamental transformations ahead as new technologies can have major impact on what jobs will exist in the future, how people will work and how the global division of labor will evolve. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590441
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FDI, skill-specific unemployment, and institutional spillover effects
Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
This paper proposes a multi-industry trade model with integrated capital markets and Mortensen and Pissarides search frictions in the labor market. Institutional changes in the model trigger adjustments at the intensive and extensive margin of labor demand. At the extensive margin a shift of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416986
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Skill-biased labor market reforms and international competitiveness
Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - In: Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012), pp. 1-39
This paper proposes a multi-industry trade model with integrated capital and goods markets. Labor market imperfections in line with Mortensen and Pissarides (Job Creation and Job Destruction in the Theory of Unemployment, 1994) give rise to unemployment and a channel for the government to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010981404
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FDI, skill-specific unemployment, and institutional spillover effects
Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - 2012
This paper proposes a multi-industry trade model with integrated capital markets and Mortensen and Pissarides search frictions in the labor market. Institutional changes in the model trigger adjustments at the intensive and extensive margin of labor demand. At the extensive margin a shift of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307700
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Skill-biased labor market reforms and international competitiveness
Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-37, pp. 1-39
This paper proposes a multi-industry trade model with integrated capital and goods markets. Labor market imperfections in line with Mortensen and Pissarides (Job Creation and Job Destruction in the Theory of Unemployment, 1994) give rise to unemployment and a channel for the government to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010310506
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Politics Matter: Changes in Unionization Rates in Rich Countries, 1960-2010
Schmitt, John; Mitukiewicz, Alexandra - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011
Researchers have offered several explanations for the decline in unionization. Many emphasize that “globalization” and … unionization is the inevitable response to the twin forces of globalization and technology, then we would expect unionization rates … to follow a similar path in countries subjected to roughly similar levels of globalization and technology. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364322
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Industrial Relations Dynamics in an Increasingly Democratic and Economically Integrated Global Economy : Are There Any Decipherable Common Patterns and Trajectories?- Cases Studies...
Jameaba, Muyanja-Ssenyonga - 2012
The article reviews developments in industrial relations in Republic of Korea (Korea) and Indonesia as democratic principles have gained ground over authoritarian directives. Some of the features of the industrial relations regime during democratization ‘epoch', include the embarking on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105513