Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207372 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12546
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Does the creative destruction induced by unions entail increased social security uptake? Creative destruction implies the closures of less productive workplaces, and if the regional benefits from this process is not large enough, the displacements caused by workplace closures cause increased social security uptake. In this paper we apply a shift-share approach and historical unionisation data from 1918 to study the impact of regional unionisation changes in Norway on regional social security uptake during the period 2003-2012. As regional unionisation increases, inflows to regional unemployment and disability decrease, but the outflow to retirement increases.
Subjects: 
trade unions
creative destruction
unemployment
disability insurance
retirement
JEL: 
D24
J30
J51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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