ABSTRACT

Since the 1980s, neoliberal paradigms have shown their impacts in all fields. Globalization has an important place in guiding economic policies in a given 40-year period. Within the scope of the transformations in the economy-political structure, although the opening-up policies provide opportunities for countries in various aspects, they also prompt the mechanisms that cause the working conditions of the low skilled labor force to erode. At this point, the size and direction of the impact of economic globalization on workers’ rights become a matter. From this point of view, economic globalization, which is characterized by trade and financial openness, closely affects the collective bargaining coverage rate. In this study, the impact of economic globalization on the collective bargaining coverage rate in 10 OECD countries Canada, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, USA, and Denmark is examined with the panel ARDL method, using the data for the period 2000-2016. According to the findings, economic globalization negatively affects the collective bargaining coverage rate. When examining the impact of control variables included in the model, while population and public debt negatively affect the collective bargaining coverage rate, economic growth, and income inequality positively affect