The European Union’s controversial “posting” policy impacted the movement of workers as well as local communities across the continent. Mathilde Muñoz (University of California Berkeley) explains the history of the policy, how it works, its economic effects on workers, firms, and communities across Europe, as well as the role played by minimum wages and other labor regulations (45:29).

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• Muñoz, Mathilde. Forthcoming. Trading Non-Tradables: The Implications of Europe’s Job Posting Policy. Quarterly Journal of Economics.
• Muñoz, Mathilde. 2023. International Trade Responses to Labor Market Regulations. NBER Working Paper no. 31,876, November.