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Decent Wage Floors in Europe

Author : Henri Haapanala
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Decent Wage Floors in Europe written by Henri Haapanala and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages represents a watershed initiative adding substance to the EU's social dimension. It contains two ambitious objectives: establishing the minimum level of statutory minimum wages (SMWs) at 60% of the gross median wage, and increasing collective bargaining coverage (CBC) to at least 80% of workers. In this paper, we assess how minimum wages and collective bargaining affect low pay. Using a time series cross-section of EU-SILC for income years 2004-2019, we identify and assess the absolute and relative size of 'effective wage floors' for full-time employees in 30 countries. We specify multilevel, random effects within-between (REWB) regression models to assess the individual and joint effects of SMW and CBC on wage floors. Our results indicate that SMW and CBC both have distinct roles to play in establishing the effective wage floor. First, countries with a statutory minimum wage have a lower share of workers earning below 60% gross median wage than countries without one. Furthermore, higher rates of CBC are essential for pushing down the share of workers on below-decent pay. Countries without a SMW but with CBC above the 80% target value have roughly the same proportion of below-decent pay as SMW countries with CBC less than 30-40%. However, at higher rates of CBC, SMW countries are predicted to overtake non-SMW countries on this measure. A hypothetical SMW country meeting the target value of 80% CBC is predicted to have less than 6.5% of full-time employees earning below-decent pay.

Low-wage Employment in Europe

Author : Wiemer Salverda
Publisher : ACCO
ISBN 13 : 9033456192
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Low-wage Employment in Europe written by Wiemer Salverda and published by ACCO. This book was released on 2005 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Analysis of minimum wage regimes across Europe

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Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656158223
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book Analysis of minimum wage regimes across Europe written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-03-23 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Document from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, University of Münster, language: English, abstract: 1. Definition of a “minimum wage” 2. How many countries do have a minimum wage regime across Europe? 3. How high are minimum wages across Europe? 4. Is there a trend towards the minimum wage across Europe? 5. The importance of minimum wages across Europe/ To how many people does a minimum wage apply across Europe? 6. Is the eastern European expansion of the EU a reason for the introduction of minimum wages across Europe? 7. Is a minimum wage regime favourable in economic and social terms? 8. Is there a legal right to gain a sufficient remuneration – a minimum wage? 9. How could a European perspective of a minimum wage regime look like? 10.Are there alternatives to a minimum wage? Further reading

Minimum Wages and the European Union. Options for a common strategy

Author : Katharina Hauck
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668266409
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (682 download)

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Book Synopsis Minimum Wages and the European Union. Options for a common strategy by : Katharina Hauck

Download or read book Minimum Wages and the European Union. Options for a common strategy written by Katharina Hauck and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,3, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld (Wirtschaft und Gesundheit), course: Economics, language: English, abstract: The EU countries are by far not equal when it comes to wage distribution. The types of minimum wages, their calculation and levels vary immensely. A percentage of the median national monthly wage of each member state would consider these differences. Moreover, all the stakeholders – governments, NGOs, trade unions and citizens – need to be involved in the implementation process. The central questions of this paper are the following: Would a European Minimum Wage be beneficial for the people? What is necessary for the implementation of a European Minimum Wage and how should it be set up? To answer these questions, concrete possibilities for the enforcement of a European Minimum Wage will be elaborated. Therefore, prevailing minimum wage regulations and their outcomes need to be presented, as well as related EU mechanisms which would enable the development. First, general aspects of minimum wages will be discussed, followed by the status quo in the EU member countries concerning the degree of coverage, levels and trends. There are various EU institutions that could support and enhance the process of creating a European Minimum Wage: The most relevant ones will be introduced here. Furthermore, necessities that a European Minimum Wage should comply with are pointed out, as well as possible implementations with respect to those. In a conclusion, the most important outcomes will be emphasized. As national minimum wages are becoming more and more popular in the member states, there has been an ongoing discussion on whether the EU should set up a European policy and how this could look like. In 2006, Jean-Claude Juncker, former prime minister of Luxembourg and nowadays President of the European Council, claimed “the creation of a European Minimum Wage” in a speech on the conference of German Catholics. 1993, the member states were requested to “take appropriate measures to ensure that the right to an equitable wage is protected” (European Trade Union, 1993) by the European Commission. Only because some countries neglected the mention of wages in the “Charter of Fundamental Rights in the European Union”, there is no direct engagement of the EU in national wage policies yet.

The EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages

Author : Luca Ratti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1509968741
Total Pages : 621 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages written by Luca Ratti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an all-encompassing and timely analysis of the EU regulatory framework deriving from the enactment of Directive 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages. In the first part, the book discusses the function of minimum wage policies in contemporary labour markets and the role of social partners and collective bargaining in governing minimum wage determinants and trends. The second part provides an article-by-article commentary of the Directive, including insights on crucial aspects such as the EU competence to intervene on wages, the concept of minimum wage adequacy, and the measurement and promotion of collective bargaining coverage. The third part assesses the impact of the Directive across the EU, focusing on the main systemic implications of the Directive as well as on the structural changes that Member States will need to implement. With contributions written by scholars and stakeholders from across Europe, the book sheds light on one of labour law's most fundamental objectives – to provide for adequate minimum wages. It is an invaluable resource for researchers, policy makers, trade unionists and employers' representatives.

Minimum Wages, Collective Bargaining and Economic Development in Asia and Europe

Author : Maarten van Klaveren
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137512423
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Minimum Wages, Collective Bargaining and Economic Development in Asia and Europe written by Maarten van Klaveren and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a labour perspective on wage-setting institutions, collective bargaining and economic development. Sixteen country chapters, eight on Asia and eight on Europe, focus in particular on the role and effectiveness of minimum wages in the context of national trends in income inequality, economic development, and social security.

Decent Incomes for All

Author : Bea Cantillon
Publisher : International Policy Exchange
ISBN 13 : 019084969X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Decent Incomes for All written by Bea Cantillon and published by International Policy Exchange. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a decade, organizations such as the IMF, OECD, and the ILO have issued concerns about the trend of increased inequality in rich welfare states, while influential thinkers and think tanks have come to agree on at least one central point: globalization and technological progress have exacerbated the existing inequities in social market economies. Across Europe, despite high social spending and work-related welfare reforms, poverty remains a largely intractable problem for policymakers and the persistent reality for citizens. In Decent Incomes for All, the authors shed new light on recent poverty trends in the European Union and the corresponding responses by European welfare states. They analyze the effect of social and fiscal policies before, during, and after the recent economic crisis and study the impact of alternative policy packages on poverty and inequality. The book also explores how social investment and local initiatives of social innovation can contribute to tackling poverty, while recognizing that there are indeed structural constraints on the increase of the social floor and difficult trade-offs involved in reconciling work and poverty reduction. Differences across countries are, however, stark, which suggests that there are lessons to be learned and policy changes to be applied, if the political will exists.

Minimum Wages in Central and Eastern Europe

Author : Guy Standing
Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 9633864879
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Minimum Wages in Central and Eastern Europe written by Guy Standing and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late 1980s, incomes have fallen sharply in most countries of Central and Eastern Europe, while unemployment and poverty rates have risen dramatically. In most countries during that period, the statutory minimum wage has been supposed to be an anchor of the social protection system and the wage structure, protecting the low-paid and those dependent on state benefits. Unfortunately for those affected, the level of the minimum wage has been allowed to drop to well below the "poverty level" and has ceased to protect anyone. This book considers the evidence and the implications of this development, and recommends a series of reforms.

Minimum Wage Regimes

Author : Irene Dingeldey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429688350
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Minimum Wage Regimes written by Irene Dingeldey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-06-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book goes beyond traditional minimum wage research to investigate the interplay between different country and sectoral institutional settings and actors’ strategies in the field of minimum wage policies. It asks which strategies and motives, namely free collective bargaining, fair pay and/or minimum income protection, are emphasised by social actors with respect to the regulation and adaptation of (statutory) minimum wages. Taking an actor-centered institutionalist approach, and employing cross-country comparative studies, sector studies and single country accounts of change, the book relates institutional and labour market settings, actors’ strategies and power resources with policy and practice outcomes. Looking at the key pay equity indicators of low wage development and women’s over-representation among the low paid, it illuminates our understandings about the importance of historical junctures, specific constellations of social actors, and sector- and country-specific actor strategies. Finally, it underlines the important role of social dialogue in shaping an effective minimum wage policy. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and policy-makers and practitioners in industrial relations, international human resource management, labour studies, labour market policy, inequality studies, trade union studies, European politics and political economy.

A European Minimum Wage: Implications for Poverty and Macroeconomic Imbalances

Author : Ms.Enrica Detragiache
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513545078
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book A European Minimum Wage: Implications for Poverty and Macroeconomic Imbalances written by Ms.Enrica Detragiache and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2020-05-22 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hypothetical European Minimum Wage (MW) set at 60 percent of each country’s median wage would reduce in-work poverty but have limited effects on overall poverty, as many poor households do not earn a wage near MW and higher unemployment, higher prices, and a loss of social insurance benefits may erode direct benefits. Turning to competitiveness, since the MW increase to reach the European standard would be larger in euro area countries with excessive external surpluses, the associated real appreciation should help curb existing imbalances. However, a few countries with already weak external positions would experience an undesirable real appreciation.

Minimum Wage Effects in Germany and Europe

Author : Linda Wittbrodt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Minimum Wage Effects in Germany and Europe written by Linda Wittbrodt and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 1, 2015, Germany introduced a general statutory minimum wage of €8.50 gross per hour. This thesis analyses the effects of the minimum wage introduction in Germany as well as wage floors in the European context, contributing to national and international research. The second chapter of this dissertation summarizes the short-run effects of the minimum wage reform found in previous studies. We show that the introduction of the minimum wage had a positive effect on wages at the bottom of the distribution. Yet, there was still a significant amount of non-compliance shortly after the reform. Additionally, previous evidence points to small negative employment effects mainly driven by a reduction in mini-jobs. Contrary to expectations, though, there were no effects on poverty and general inequality found in the short run. This is mostly due to the fact that working hours were reduced and the increase of hourly wages was therefore not reflected in monthly wages. The third chapter identifies whether the job losses ...

Wage and Welfare

Author : Bernadette Clasquin
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9789052012148
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Wage and Welfare written by Bernadette Clasquin and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2004 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an original multidisciplinary conceptual framework for the analysis of the processes of construction/transformation of workers' social rights. The framework was developed by taking an analysis of employment and social protection in the Latin European countries as starting-point, and thus offers an innovative alternative to the dominant approaches. It takes account of the institutional forms determining employees' resource flows and associated rights, and introduces a new analytical category of «resource regimes». Four spheres are identified for the observation of recent resource regime changes: employment systems, public policy frameworks, social hierarchies and industrial relations systems. The various chapters explore how each of these spheres participates in the institution of social rights over resources, and identify key vehicles of change such as transformations in forms of employment, labour market policies, pension reforms, the swing to a logic of competencies, social pacts, and the processes involved in the construction of the European Union. The book brings to the fore the dynamic relation between employment, wages and social rights and aims to contribute to current debates on social protection reforms and employment policies implemented at both national and European levels.

The Minimum Wage Revisited in the Enlarged EU

Author : Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Minimum Wage Revisited in the Enlarged EU written by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses minimum wage developments in the last ten years or so in 14 of the EU-27 countries and in Turkey. Considers the role of increased mobility of goods and services, capital and labour, and the issue of harmonization between individual member States.

Minimum Wage Effects in Germany and Europe

Author : Linda Wittbrodt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Minimum Wages in 2020

Author : Christine Aumayr-Pintar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789289720694
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Minimum Wages in 2020 written by Christine Aumayr-Pintar and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Europe's Disappearing Middle Class?

Author : Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786430606
Total Pages : 667 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Europe's Disappearing Middle Class? by : Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead

Download or read book Europe's Disappearing Middle Class? written by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While recent studies have highlighted the phenomenon and risks of increased inequalities between the top and the bottom of society, little research has so far been carried out on trends relating to the median income range that generally represents the middle class. This volume examines the following questions: what are the main transformations in the world of work over the last 20 years in terms of the labour market, social dialogue, and conditions of work, wages and incomes that may have affected the middle class? How has the middle class been altered by the financial and economic crisis? What are the long-term trends for the middle class in Europe?

Decent Incomes for All

Author : Bea Cantillon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190849711
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Decent Incomes for All written by Bea Cantillon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2000, the first social agenda in the history of the European Union was launched, and the endeavor to combat poverty came increasingly to the forefront as a specific area for EU policy cooperation and coordination. Regrettably, however, little progress has been achieved so far, either at the national or European level. On the contrary, the EU's social fabric is under major stress: convergence in national living standards has halted or reversed while progress in terms of poverty reduction in the last decades has been disappointing in most EU Member States. In Europe, despite high social spending and work-related welfare reforms, poverty often remains a largely intractable problem for policymakers and a persistent reality for many European citizens. In Decent Incomes for All, the authors shed new light on recent poverty trends in the European Union and the corresponding responses by European welfare states. They analyze the effect of social and fiscal policies before, during, and after the recent economic crisis and study the impact of alternative policy packages on poverty and inequality. The volume also explores how social investment and local initiatives of social innovation can contribute to tackling poverty, while recognizing that there are indeed structural constraints on the increase of the social floor and difficult trade-offs involved in reconciling work and poverty reduction. Academics and graduate students in comparative social policy, inclusion and anti-poverty policy, sociology, and public economics will find the book to be a particularly helpful resource in their work.