Do unions impede or accelerate structural adjustment? Industrial versus company unions in an industrialising labour market

Standing, Guy

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a035207

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“…Also, there is no agreement on the empirical effect of unions on productivity. For instance, Brunello (1992) finds unions to be associated with lower productivity while Standing (1992) found the opposite. The results of Hirsh (1990) and Denny and Nickell (1991) suggest that unionized firms underinvest.…”

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The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Employment, Capital, and Productivity Dynamics: Evidence from the Uruguayan Manufacturing Sector

Fachola,

Casacuberta,

Gandelman

2004

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This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on labor and capital gross flows and productivity in the Uruguayan manufacturing sector. Uruguay opened its economy in the presence of -at least initially- strong unions and structurally different industry concentration levels. Higher international exposure implied slightly higher job creation and an important increase in job and capital destruction. Unions were able to dampen this effect. Although not associated with higher creation rates, unions were effective in reducing job and capital destruction. Industry concentration also was found to mitigate the destruction of jobs but had no effect on job creation or capital dynamics. The changes in the use of labor and capital were accompanied by an increase in total factor productivity, especially in sectors where tariff reductions were larger and unions were not present. The authors found no evidence of varying productivity dynamics across different industry concentration levels.

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“…Determining which of these theoretical effects dominates is an empirical matter. Most studies conclude that unionized sectors tend to grow at a lower rate (see Boal and Pencavel, 1994;Freman and Kleiner, 1990;and Standing, 1992). Also, there is no agreement on the empirical effect of unions on productivity.…”

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confidence: 99%