Trade and technology-related explanations for the change in plant-level skill composition in Norway are examined by exploiting matched employer-employee data. The results show that the changes are taking place mainly through a reallocation of labour resources between plants within sectors,...

This paper examines the determinants of establishment-level union recognition status using data from the three Workplace Industrial Relations Surveys of 1980. 1984 and 1990. Our theoretical approach argues that product and labour market variables dated at (or around) the establishment's setup...