Intra-European labour migration and low-wage competition: Comparing the Danish and Swedish experiences across three sectors

Bjarke Refslund; Annette Thörnquist

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Intra-European labour migration and low-wage competition: Comparing the Danish and Swedish experiences across three sectors

Bjarke Refslund, Annette Thörnquist

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Industrial Relations Journal
Volume	47
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	62-78
Number of pages	16
ISSN	0019-8692
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12126
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Labour Migration
Unions
Industrial Relations
comparative studies
Denmark
precarious work

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