Unemployment, wages and collective bargaining in the European Union
Abstract: "The paper questions the predominant view on unemployment and wages in the European Union according to which high unemployment is primarily caused by labour market rigidities, i.e. social institutions and regulations which prevent 'market-clearing' real wage levels and structures. It is shown that the foundations of that view coming either from neo-classical or new-Keynesian theory are not convincing, neither theoretically nor empirically. Analysing the developments in the EU during the last four decades, no strictly inverse relationship between real wage growth and unemployment can be found. On the contrary, persistently high unemployment has had strong adverse effects on nominal wage growth and on the labour income share. Weakened labour union bargaining power and changing collective bargaining strategies have contributed to this result. It is therefore concluded that the current EU economic and employment policies aiming at further wage restraint, wage differentiation and decent
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Arbeitslosigkeit, Löhne und Kollektivverhandlungen in der Europäischen Union
- Location
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Extent
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Online-Ressource, 29 S.
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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unbekannt
- Bibliographic citation
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WSI-Diskussionspapier ; Bd. 128
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Düsseldorf
- (when)
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2004
- Creator
- Contributor
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Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019072511520383396563
- Rights
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Last update
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Associated
- Hein, Eckhard
- Schulten, Thorsten
- Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
Time of origin
- 2004
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Europeanisation of collective bargaining : an overview on trade union initiatives for a transnational coordination of collective bargaining policy
Europeanisation of collective bargaining: an overview on trade union initiatives for a transnational coordination of collective bargaining policy
Globalisation and the future of central collective bargaining : the example of the German metal industry
Cross border collective bargaining networks in Europe : new approaches to European coordination of national collective bargaining policy in the metalworking industry ; paper presented at the 4th European Sociology Conference "Will Europe Work?", Amsterdam, 18th - 21st August 1999
Minimum wage regimes in Europe : ... and what Germany can learn from them
Collective bargaining under the conditions of European monetary union : some remarks on the creation of a European multi-level collective bargaining system using the example of the Western European metalworking industry ; paper presented at the 11th IIRA world congress, 22 - 26 September 1998 Bologna, Italy
German collective bargaining in a European perspective: continuous erosion or re-stabilisation of multi-employer agreements?
Contours of a European minimum wage policy
Internationalismus von unten : europäische Betriebsräte in transnationalen Konzernen
Umsetzung und Kontrolle von Mindestlöhnen - europäische Erfahrungen und was Deutschland von ihnen lernen kann : Studie ; [Materialien zu Faire Arbeit - fairer Wettbewerb]
12 Euro sind möglich und nötig
Upgrading German public services : The role of trade union campaigns and collective bargaining with regard to working conditions in day care centres, primary education and hospitals
Europeanisation of collective bargaining : an overview on trade union initiatives for a transnational coordination of collective bargaining policy
Europeanisation of collective bargaining: an overview on trade union initiatives for a transnational coordination of collective bargaining policy
Globalisation and the future of central collective bargaining : the example of the German metal industry
Cross border collective bargaining networks in Europe : new approaches to European coordination of national collective bargaining policy in the metalworking industry ; paper presented at the 4th European Sociology Conference "Will Europe Work?", Amsterdam, 18th - 21st August 1999
Minimum wage regimes in Europe : ... and what Germany can learn from them
Collective bargaining under the conditions of European monetary union : some remarks on the creation of a European multi-level collective bargaining system using the example of the Western European metalworking industry ; paper presented at the 11th IIRA world congress, 22 - 26 September 1998 Bologna, Italy
German collective bargaining in a European perspective: continuous erosion or re-stabilisation of multi-employer agreements?
Contours of a European minimum wage policy
Internationalismus von unten : europäische Betriebsräte in transnationalen Konzernen
Umsetzung und Kontrolle von Mindestlöhnen - europäische Erfahrungen und was Deutschland von ihnen lernen kann : Studie ; [Materialien zu Faire Arbeit - fairer Wettbewerb]
12 Euro sind möglich und nötig
Upgrading German public services : The role of trade union campaigns and collective bargaining with regard to working conditions in day care centres, primary education and hospitals
Europeanisation of collective bargaining : an overview on trade union initiatives for a transnational coordination of collective bargaining policy
Europeanisation of collective bargaining: an overview on trade union initiatives for a transnational coordination of collective bargaining policy
Globalisation and the future of central collective bargaining : the example of the German metal industry
Cross border collective bargaining networks in Europe : new approaches to European coordination of national collective bargaining policy in the metalworking industry ; paper presented at the 4th European Sociology Conference "Will Europe Work?", Amsterdam, 18th - 21st August 1999
Minimum wage regimes in Europe : ... and what Germany can learn from them
Collective bargaining under the conditions of European monetary union : some remarks on the creation of a European multi-level collective bargaining system using the example of the Western European metalworking industry ; paper presented at the 11th IIRA world congress, 22 - 26 September 1998 Bologna, Italy
German collective bargaining in a European perspective: continuous erosion or re-stabilisation of multi-employer agreements?
Contours of a European minimum wage policy
Internationalismus von unten : europäische Betriebsräte in transnationalen Konzernen
Umsetzung und Kontrolle von Mindestlöhnen - europäische Erfahrungen und was Deutschland von ihnen lernen kann : Studie ; [Materialien zu Faire Arbeit - fairer Wettbewerb]
12 Euro sind möglich und nötig