• Hit by the Silk Road: how wage coordination in Europe mitigates the China shock 

      Barth, Erling; Finseraas, Henning; Kjelsrud, Anders; Moene, Karl Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Coordination in collective wage setting can constrain potential monopoly gains to unions in non-traded-goods industries. Countries with national wage coordination can thus stabilize overall employment against fluctuations ...
    • Openness and the welfare state: risk and income effects in protection without protectionism 

      Barth, Erling; Finseraas, Henning; Kjelsrud, Anders; Moene, Karl Ove (Kalle) (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Have recent trends in globalization changed the positive link between trade openness and social insurance? The consensus view – that voters want better social insurance against income loss the more open the economy – is ...