Organized Labor and the Scope of International Specialization

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ID10171830
AutoresRobert W Staiger (Stanford University, autor correspondente)
Ano1988
Volume96
Fascículo5
Páginas1022-1047
Data de publicação1988-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3808 • E-ISSN: 1537-534X
EditoraUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/261574
OpenAlexW2890862931
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas2

This paper examines the interaction between union wages and the international pattern of production and trade. If union goods are heterogeneous in labor intensity, the introduction of an active union in the domestic country causes only the least labor-intensive range of union goods to be produced there, with goods of greatest labor intensity produced abroad because of the relatively high cost of domestic union labor. A narrowing of the scope of domestic union production will eliminate relatively labor-intensive goods, leading a rent-maximizing union to raise its union premium. The implications of this union behavior for comparative statics results are considered. Copyright 1988 by University of Chicago Press

Comparative statics · Economics · International economics · International trade · Labor intensity · Labor mobility · Labour economics · Market economy · Microeconomics · Production (economics · Scope (computer science · Labor Movements and Unions