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Unions and the Decentralisation of Collective Bargaining in a Globalising World

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  • Gaston, N.

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An interesting finding in recent research is that strategic considerations and collective bargaining structure often influence foreign direct investment. In this paper, I argue that the support for the decentralisation of collective bargaining may ba an optimal response by unions to the growing global nature of the firms that employ their members.

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Paper provided by Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University in its series ISER Discussion Paper with number 0495.

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Length: 23 pages
Date of creation: 2000
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Handle: RePEc:dpr:wpaper:0495

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Keywords: INVESTMENTS ; INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ; WAGES ; WORKERS' REPRESENTATION;

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Cited by:
  1. Axel Dreher & Noel Gaston, 2005. "Has globalisation really had no effect on unions?," KOF Working papers 05-110, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich.
  2. John Whalley, 2006. "Panel 1: The new global division of labour," CESifo Forum, Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 7(3), pages 18-23, October.

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