Trade, Wages and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from France

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Carluccio, Juan; Fougere, Denis; Gautier, Erwan
• 署名单位: European Central Bank; Bank of France; University of Surrey; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Institut Polytechnique de Paris; ENSAE Paris; Institut d'Etudes Politiques Paris (Sciences Po); Nantes Universite
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12262
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 803-837
• 关键词: INTERNATIONAL-TRADE; firm heterogeneity; IMPACT; LIBERALIZATION; COMPETITION; EMPLOYMENT; unions; inputs

摘要

We estimate the impact of international trade on wages using data for French manufacturing firms. We instrument firm-level trade flows with firm-specific instrumental variables based on world demand and supply shocks. Both export and offshoring shocks have a positive effect on wages. Exports increase wages for all occupational categories while offshoring has heterogeneous effects. The impact of trade on wages varies across bargaining regimes. In firms with collective bargaining, the elasticity of wages with respect to exports and offshoring is higher than in firms with no collective bargaining. Wage gains associated with collective bargaining are similar across worker categories.