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Imports, (Exports,) Employment, and Wages: Facts and the Role of Unions France 1986 1992 Francis Kramarz Crest A Causal Role for Unions Theory shows (in Kramarz, 2009) that facing strong unions, firms should offshore Discontinuities in


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Imports, (Exports,) Employment, and Wages: Facts and the Role of Unions France 1986‐1992

Francis Kramarz Crest

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A Causal Role for Unions

  • Theory shows (in Kramarz, 2009) that facing

strong unions, firms should offshore

  • Discontinuities in union‐setting institutions (at

50 employees) correspond to discontinuities in the structure of rents per employee (computed appropriately using matched employer‐employee data sources) in relation to the role of offshoring

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