IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/ecoind/v47y2026i1p271-303.html

Firm-level technology implementation and finding a new job: The moderating role of industry unionization

Author

Listed:
  • Jannes ten Berge

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands)

  • Zoltán Lippényi

    (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands)

Abstract

This study presents the first large-scale analysis of the role of unions in how technological change impacts transitions to new employment following job loss. The authors use large-scale matched employer–employee data from the Netherlands for the period 2001–2016 to assess how technology implementation within enterprises impacts the job search duration among workers whose job ended during the implementation period. The authors study to what degree industry unionization moderates this impact. They find job searches to be significantly longer in enterprises implementing new technologies, but industries with stronger unions exhibit a weaker association between technology implementation and job search duration. The results suggest unions enhance training, and re-education, and facilitate work-to-work transitions, increasing the employability of workers under technological change.

Suggested Citation

  • Jannes ten Berge & Zoltán Lippényi, 2026. "Firm-level technology implementation and finding a new job: The moderating role of industry unionization," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 47(1), pages 271-303, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:47:y:2026:i:1:p:271-303
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X251326346
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0143831X251326346
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0143831X251326346?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:47:y:2026:i:1:p:271-303. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.ekhist.uu.se/english.htm .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.