Understanding the Reallocation of Displaced Workers to Firms

Brandily, Paul; Hémet, Camille; Malgouyres, Clément

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“…Royer (2011), Frocrain (2018) and Brandily et al (2020) evaluate the impact of establishment closures on workers. Brandily et al (2020) identify job losses from two samples: 1. workers that receive unemployment insurance as "laid-off for economic reasons" and 2. workers employed in establishments that close. They document a long term reduction of 36% of earnings (≈ 15 % in sample 2.)…”

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The Unequal Consequences of Job Loss across Countries

Bertheau,

Acabbi,

Barceló

et al. 2023

American Economic Review: Insights

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We document the consequences of losing a job across countries using a harmonized research design applied to seven matched employer-employee datasets. Workers in Denmark and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal experience losses three times as high. French and Austrian workers face earnings losses somewhere in between. Key to these differences is that southern European workers are less likely to find employment following displacement. Loss of employer-specific wage premiums explains a substantial portion of wage losses in all countries. (JEL J31, J63, J64)

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Section: Related Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Unequal Consequences of Job Loss across Countries

Bertheau,

Acabbi,

Barceló

et al. 2023

American Economic Review: Insights

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“…Finally, these effects on jobs and wages may have strong implications for union bargaining power. Using French firm data from 2002 to 2012, Brandily, Hémet, and Malgouyres (2022) showed that displaced workers (after a job loss) have a higher probability of being re-employed by firms that are less likely to conclude collective wage agreements and have lower participation rates at professional elections, thereby resulting in a loss of bargaining power.…”

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Union Bargaining Power and Institutional Investors: Evidence from 20 OECD Countries, 1980–2017

Mohamed¹,

Darcillon

2023

ILR Review

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This article investigates the relationship between the share of assets held by institutional investors relative to GDP and a synthetic index of union bargaining power in 20 OECD countries from 1980 to 2017. Findings from the use of fixed-effects OLS and instrumental variables regressions show that the share of assets held by institutional investors, especially insurance companies and pension funds, is correlated with a decline in union bargaining power. The authors argue that by contributing to significant changes in corporate strategies and governance through potential effects on jobs and wages, institutional investors in most OECD countries may have weakened the influence of trade unions, thereby leading to a higher decentralization of wage bargaining. Mixed evidence is found, however, when investigating the role of complementarity across institutions to explain cross-country heterogeneity.

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“…Sociological research has documented the subjective experience of workers facing displacement (Gabriel, Gray and Goregaokar 2013) and the role of women in collective mobilization, although female manufacturing workers historically tend to be marginalized by major trade unions (Clarke 2011). Dealing with the impact of restructuring plans on displaced workers, the economics literature measures displaced workers' chances of finding a new job (Brandily, Hémet and Malgouyres 2022;Lachowska, Mas and Woodbury 2020;Halla, Schmieder and Weber 2020). Certain categories of employees are found to face long-term unemployment after mass lay-offs.…”

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Getting out or switching to part‐time: Gender disparities in the impacts of corporate restructuring

Lambert

Rémillon

Segú

2023

International Labour Review

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This article looks at gender disparities during large‐scale corporate restructuring. Whereas the literature focuses on discrimination in top‐down processes, we analyze why employee self‐selection still yields gender inequalities. Based on the personnel files of an airline company and 55 in‐depth interviews, results show that men were more likely to opt out and less likely to shift to subsidized part‐time. While women work part‐time mostly to improve their work‐life balance, men appear to be more sensitive to financial incentives and more prepared to retrain due to side activities. This suggests that restructuring amplifies existing vulnerabilities of women on the labor market, even in case of voluntary redundancy plans.

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Understanding the Reallocation of Displaced Workers to Firms

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

The Unequal Consequences of Job Loss across Countries

The Unequal Consequences of Job Loss across Countries

Union Bargaining Power and Institutional Investors: Evidence from 20 OECD Countries, 1980–2017

Getting out or switching to part‐time: Gender disparities in the impacts of corporate restructuring

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