Globalisation and union opposition to technological change

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lommerud, KE; Meland, F; Straume, OR
• 署名单位: University of Bergen; University of Bergen
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2005.03.002
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 1-23
• 关键词: Trade liberalisation; technology adoption; international unionised oligopoly

摘要

Trade unions have a rational incentive to oppose the adoption of labour-saving technology when tabour demand is inelastic and unions care much for employment relative to wages. Trade liberalisation typically increases trade union technology opposition. These conclusions are reached in a model of unionised international duopoly with two-way trade. We also find that the incentive for technology opposition is stronger in the more technologically advanced country and in the country with the larger home market, complementing earlier explanations for technological catch-up and leapfrogging. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.