TY - JOUR T1 - Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 JF - The World Economy Y1 - 2014 A1 - Zohal Hessami A1 - Thushyanthan Baskaran KW - collective bargaining KW - decentralized bargaining KW - emerging countries KW - globalization KW - government intervention KW - OECD KW - unionization AB -

We investigate whether globalization has affected the nature of collective bargaining in OECD and emerging countries. The main innovations over the existing empirical literature are (i) the consideration of three distinct aspects of collective bargaining (union density, decentralised bargaining and the extent of government intervention), (ii) the reliance on a sample with a larger cross-sectional and time dimension (44 countries from 1980 to 2009), and (iii) the application of a more appropriate empirical methodology (dynamic panel data models). We find that globalization, on average, depresses unionisation but neither affects the degree of decentralisation nor government intervention in collective bargaining. We also uncover significant effect heterogeneity, both across countries and over time.

VL - Article first published online: 16 DEC 2014 L2 - eng UR - http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/wiwi/workingpaperseries/WP_02-Hessami-Baskaran_2013.pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Has Globalization Affected Collective Bargaining? An Empirical Test, 1980–2009 JF - The World Economy Y1 - 2014 A1 - Zohal Hessami A1 - Thushyanthan Baskaran KW - collective bargaining KW - globalization KW - union density KW - unionization AB -

We investigate whether globalization has affected the nature of collective bargaining in OECD and emerging countries. The main innovations over the existing empirical literature are (i) the consideration of three distinct aspects of collective bargaining (union density, decentralized bargaining and the extent of government intervention), (ii) the reliance on a sample with a larger cross-sectional and time dimension (44 countries from 1980 to 2009), and (iii) the application of a more appropriate empirical methodology (dynamic panel data models). We find that globalization, on average, depresses unionization but neither affects the degree of decentralization nor government intervention in collective bargaining. We also uncover significant effect heterogeneity, both across countries and over time.

VL - Article first published online: 16 DEC 2014 L2 - eng UR - http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/wiwi/workingpaperseries/WP_02-Hessami-Baskaran_2013.pdf ER -