1. Trade Liberalization, Collective Bargaining and Workers: Wages and Working Conditions
- Author:
- Bastien Alvarez, Gianluca Orefice, and Farid Toubal
- Publication Date:
- 04-2022
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII)
- Abstract:
- Using large scale data on Eastern European workers, we show significant and sizable deteriorations of their wages and working conditions in regions that faced large tariff liberalization and strong erosion of collective bargaining over the process of accession to the European Union. Import tariffs liberalization reduces workers' wages. The deterioration of working conditions is mostly driven by increased labor demand due to the improvement of Eastern countries' international market access. The erosion of collective bargaining worsens wages and working conditions.
- Topic:
- Labor Issues, Tariffs, Collective Bargaining, and Wages
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Eastern Europe