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Trade exposure and the decline in collective bargaining : evidence from Germany
Baumgarten, Daniel; Lehwald, Sybille - 2019
increased import exposure has led to an increase in the probability of German plants leaving industry-wide bargaining agreements …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012033340
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The rise of the East and the Far East : German labor markets and trade integration
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens - 2013
We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" - China and Eastern Europe …-regional variation in initial industry structures and use trade flows of other high-income countries as instruments for regional import … regions specialized in import-competing industries, both in manufacturing and beyond. Regions specialized in export …
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International trade and collective bargaining outcomes : evidence from German employer-employee data
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Hauptmann, Andreas; Schmerer, … - 2012
In theoretical trade models with variable markups and collective wage bargaining, export exposure may reduce the exporter wage premium. We test this prediction using linked German employer-employee data from 1996 to 2007. To separate the rent-sharing mechanism from assortative matching, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529602
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Imports as Product and Labour Market Discipline
Boulhol, Herve - 2009
This paper tests the pro-competitive effect of trade in the product and labour markets of UK manufacturing sectors between 1988 and 2003 using a two-stage estimation procedure. In the first stage, we use data on 9820 firms from twenty manufacturing sectors to simultaneously estimate mark-up and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719758
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The institutional adjustment margin to import competition : evidence from Italian minimum wages
Matano, Alessia; Naticchioni, Paolo; Vona, Francesco - 2019
A growing body of research has contributed to understanding the labor market and political effects of globalization. This paper explores an overlooked aspect of trade-induced adjustments in the labor market: the institutional aspect. We take advantage of the two-tier collective bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011999702
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The institutional adjustment margin to import competition : evidence from italian minimum wages
Matano, Alessia; Naticchioni, Paolo; Vona, Francesco - 2019
A growing body of research has contributed to understanding the labor market and political effects of globalization. This paper explores an overlooked aspect of trade-induced adjustments in the labor market: the institutional aspect. We take advantage of the two-tier collective bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012127295
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The rise of the East and the Far East : German labor markets and trade integration
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens - 2012
Western market economies about adverse effects for domestic labor markets trough increased import competition. Simultaneously … regional import and export exposure using trade flows from other highly-developed countries with East Europe and China. We find … large effects of export and import exposure to East Europe; on average exports are estimated to have increased manufacturing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508139
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Trade, wages, and collective bargaining : evidence from France
Carluccio, Juan; Fougère, Denis; Gautier, Erwan - 2015
We estimate the impact of international trade on wages using data for French manufacturing firms. We instrument firm-level trade flows with firm-specific instrumental variables based on world demand and supply shocks. Both export and offshoring shocks have a positive effect on wages. Exports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488816
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Imports as product and labour market discipline
Boulhol, Hervé; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Maioli, Sara - 2008
This paper tests the pro-competitive effect of trade in the product and labour markets of UK manufacturing sectors between 1988 and 2003 using a two-stage estimation procedure. In the first stage, we use data on 9820 firms from twenty manufacturing sectors to simultaneously estimate mark-up and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377465
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Imports as product and labor market discipline
Boulhol, Hervé (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper tests the pro-competitive effect of trade in the product and labor markets of UK manufacturing sectors between 1988 and 2003 using a two-stage estimation procedure. In the first stage, we use data on 9820 firms from twenty manufacturing sectors to simultaneously estimate mark-up and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003339773