Add to ORKGIn many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined by industry-level agreements. In addition, for some workers, industry agreements are complemented by firm-specific agreements. This paper provides a critical survey of the effects of this two-tier bargaining system on the structure of wages in Europe and more particularly in Belgium. Empirical findings almost always show that firm-level agreements have a positive and significant effect on workers’ wages. The impact on the dispersion of wages, however, is ambiguous. This is partially due to the varying degree of centralisation of collective bargaining across countries and industries.Collective bargaining; decentralisation; wage structure; Europe.
The level at which collective contracts are negotiated and formally signed is crucial in determining...
Wage setting can be defined as the procedures which determine the remuneration which needs to be pai...
In Belgium, questions on the wage-setting system also interfere with the "regionaiisation" debate. A...
In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined by industry-le...
In the first chapter,a harmonised linked employer-employee dataset is used to study the impact of fi...
This paper analyses the impact of the bargaining regime on inter-industry wage differentials in Belg...
In Belgium, as in most countries in Western Europe, the most important conditions of employment for ...
We use a harmonized matched employer—employee dataset to study the impact of the coll...
The potential failure of national industry agreements to take into account productivity levels in th...
The Belgian collective bargaining system is highly institutionalised and coordinated. Over 90% of em...
How do firm-level collective agreements affect firm performance in a multi-level bargaining system? ...
Using Belgian linked employer-employee data, we examine how collective bargaining arrangements affec...
As in all market economies, wage bargaining in the European Union Member States is fundamental to en...
The level at which collective contracts are negotiated and formally signed is crucial in determining...
In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined by industry-le...
The level at which collective contracts are negotiated and formally signed is crucial in determining...
Wage setting can be defined as the procedures which determine the remuneration which needs to be pai...
In Belgium, questions on the wage-setting system also interfere with the "regionaiisation" debate. A...
In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined by industry-le...
In the first chapter,a harmonised linked employer-employee dataset is used to study the impact of fi...
This paper analyses the impact of the bargaining regime on inter-industry wage differentials in Belg...
In Belgium, as in most countries in Western Europe, the most important conditions of employment for ...
We use a harmonized matched employer—employee dataset to study the impact of the coll...
The potential failure of national industry agreements to take into account productivity levels in th...
The Belgian collective bargaining system is highly institutionalised and coordinated. Over 90% of em...
How do firm-level collective agreements affect firm performance in a multi-level bargaining system? ...
Using Belgian linked employer-employee data, we examine how collective bargaining arrangements affec...
As in all market economies, wage bargaining in the European Union Member States is fundamental to en...
The level at which collective contracts are negotiated and formally signed is crucial in determining...
In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined by industry-le...
The level at which collective contracts are negotiated and formally signed is crucial in determining...
Wage setting can be defined as the procedures which determine the remuneration which needs to be pai...
In Belgium, questions on the wage-setting system also interfere with the "regionaiisation" debate. A...