Trade, Wages, and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from France

Juan Carluccio, D. Foug Re and Erwan Gautier
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Denis Fougere

Working papers from Banque de France

Abstract: Using a unique French firm-level dataset, we study how international trade affects the wage bargaining process at the firm level. Using instrumental variables techniques, we find that exports shocks have a positive effect on the probability that a firm-level wage agreement is signed, while shocks increasing imports of finished goods have the opposite effect. Exports increase wages for all occupational categories, whereas offshoring has heterogeneous effects. In firms where wage agreements are frequently signed, the export wage premium is larger, and blue-collar workers are protected against the negative impact of offshoring on wages.

Keywords: trade; wages; collective bargaining. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 F16 J51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 65 pages
Date: 2014
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-eur, nep-int, nep-lab, nep-lma and nep-mac
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Journal Article: Trade, Wages and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from France (2015)
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Working Paper: Trade, Wages, and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from France (2015)
Working Paper: Trade, Wages, and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from France (2015)
Working Paper: Trade, Wages, and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from France (2015)
Working Paper: Trade, Wages, and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from France (2014)
Working Paper: Trade, Wages, and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from France (2014)
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