(De)unionization, trade, unemployment, and wage differentials.
This research examines the interaction of (de)unionization and trade liberalization in shaping firm productivity, market structure, trade flows, unemployment, and functional distribution (changes in the wage difference and labor income share). It introduces unemployment to the Melitz‐Ottaviano model...
| Publicado en: | Southern Economic Journal Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 121 - 156 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2023
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