Arbeitspapier
Can deunionization lead to international outsourcing?
We analyze unionized firms’ incentives to outsource intermediate goods production to foreign (low-cost) subcontractors. Such outsourcing leads to increased wages for the remaining in-house production. We find that stronger unions, which imply higher domestic wages, reduce incentives for international outsourcing. Though somewhat surprising, this result provides a theoretical reconciliation of the empirically observed trends of deunionization and increased international outsourcing in many countries. We further show that globalization – interpreted as either market integration or increased product market competition – will increase incentives for international outsourcing.
- Weitere Titel
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Führt der Rückzug der Gewerkschaften zur internationalen Auslagerung von Arbeitsplätzen?
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: WZB Discussion Paper ; No. SP II 2006-23
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Trade and Labor Market Interactions
Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing
- Thema
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International outsourcing
deunionization
globalization
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Lommerud, Kjell Erik
Meland, Frode
Straume, Odd Rune
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
- (wo)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2006
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Lommerud, Kjell Erik
- Meland, Frode
- Straume, Odd Rune
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
Entstanden
- 2006
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