Has Globalisation Really had no Effect on Unions?
研究使用新的全球化指数发现，全球化确实导致了工会成员减少，其中社会整合而非经济或政治整合是主要原因。
SUMMARY For a number of OECD countries, the deterioration of labour market outcomes for less‐skilled workers since the early 1980s has coincided with a steady decline in union membership. Globalisation is commonly believed to have contributed to both developments. However, recent studies fail to find support for the presumption that globalisation adversely affects unions. Revisiting this issue by using a novel globalisation index we find that globalisation has indeed contributed to deunionisation. In delving further into the issue, we find that it is social integration, rather than economic or political integration, that has been the main contributor to the decline in union membership.