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Intra‐European labour migration and low‐wage competition—comparing the Danish and Swedish experiences across three sectors
Author(s) -
Refslund Bjarke,
Thörnquist Annette
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12126
Subject(s) - danish , wage , competition (biology) , member states , european union , economics , labour economics , agriculture , eu countries , low wage , demographic economics , international trade , geography , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , biology
The article compares how low‐wage competition and labour migration from EU11 Member States affect industrial relations and working conditions for natives and migrants in three sectors (transport, cleaning and agriculture) in Denmark and Sweden. The analysis shows how already vulnerable sectors with below‐average union density and collective agreements—especially geographical dispersed sectors—are strongly affected.