Unions and globalisation

"We analyze the effects of international integration of product and capital markets (i.e., globalisation) in a world where countries differ in their labour market institutions: one country has a perfectly competitive labour market while the other is unionized. We show that workers should favour...

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Main Authors: Aloi, Marta, Leite-Monteiro, Manuel, Lloyd-Braga, Teresa
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Nottingham 2007
University of Nottingham
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19291875124910190579-unions-and-globalisation.htm
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author Aloi, Marta
Leite-Monteiro, Manuel
Lloyd-Braga, Teresa
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Leite-Monteiro, Manuel
Lloyd-Braga, Teresa
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description "We analyze the effects of international integration of product and capital markets (i.e., globalisation) in a world where countries differ in their labour market institutions: one country has a perfectly competitive labour market while the other is unionized. We show that workers should favour autarky in the unionized country, but oppose it in the non unionized country. Vice versa for owners of capital. Aggregate gains from integration, however, are negative. We also show that, under capital mobility an increase in relative bargaining power of unions does not always improve workers' welfare: there is a critical level of bargaining strength above which an increase in union power reduces workers' income in the unionized country."
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publishDate 2007
publisher Nottingham
University of Nottingham
spellingShingle Aloi, Marta
Leite-Monteiro, Manuel
Lloyd-Braga, Teresa
economic integration
globalization
trade liberalization
trade union attitude
trade unionization
Unions and globalisation
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title Unions and globalisation
topic economic integration
globalization
trade liberalization
trade union attitude
trade unionization
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19291875124910190579-unions-and-globalisation.htm