14:15 - 15:45
Trade Exposure and the Decline in Collective Bargaining: Evidence from Germany
We analyse whether the increase in trade exposure induced by the rise of China and the transformation of Eastern Europe has been a driver of the severe decline in collective bargaining coverage rates among German establishments from the mid 1990s onwards, which has been identified as a major source of rising wage inequality in Germany.
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Daniel Baumgarten is an Assistant Professor of International Trade at the University of Munich (LMU). In his research, Daniel is mainly interested in empirical analyses in the areas of international trade and labour economics, with a particular focus on issues where both areas intersect.
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