Winning the battle or losing the war: the impact of European integration on labour market institutions in Germany and Denmark

  • The European Union (EU) literature sees increasing market liberalization as a challenge for models of national capitalism. EU liberalization, it is argued, erodes national employment regimes and social protection. However, other scholars highlight the ability of national institutions to reinvent themselves. This contribution assesses these claims by exploring an extreme case of labour market pressure driven by EU liberalization. Focusing on the meat production sector, it shows that low-wage labour migration has affected employment conditions in the meat production sector in Germany and Denmark in different ways: dualization has made Germany a destination country for low-wage work; in contrast, union solidarity in Denmark has kept wages high and Danish meat producers have outsourced work to Germany. The underlying industrial relations systems have shaped actors’ responses to the use of migrant labour.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author(s):Anke Hassel, Jette Steen Knudsen, Bettina Wagner
Parent Title (English):Journal of European Public Policy
Publication year:2016
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
First Page:1218
Last Page:1239
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2016.1186209
Release Date:2020/02/14
Volume:23
Issue:8
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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