differentials ; collective bargaining ; Europe ; matched employer-employee data …

practitioners that the combination of sectoral minimum rates and high coverage of collective bargaining can, at least for earnings … bargaining coverage are significantly associated with lower levels of (overall and inter-industry) wage inequalities and a …

authors of this paper use unique linked employer-employee data from a 2003 survey in Belgium to examine how these bargaining … firms and for differences in characteristics between bargaining regimes. Moreover, in centralized industries, rent … industries, both firm and industry bargaining generate rent-sharing to the same extent. -- Rent-sharing ; collective bargaining …

impact of the regime of collective bargaining on wages in the manufacturing sector of three countries that are characterized … by a multi-level system of bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain. Our findings show that, compared to multi …-employer bargaining, single-employer bargaining has a positive effect both on wage levels and on wage dispersion in Belgium and in Denmark …

In Spain, as in several other European countries, sectoral bargaining agreements are automatically extended to cover … inequality for women. At the establishment level, we compare average wages under firm-level and sectoral bargaining, controlling …-specific contracting raises average wages, with a pattern of effects that tends to increase inequality relative to sectoral bargaining for …

Although many studies point to the significant influence of collective bargaining institutions on earnings inequalities …. This paper explicitly addresses the relationship between collective bargaining systems and working-age poverty rates in 24 … developed countries over the period 1990-2015. Using an up-to-date and fine-grained taxonomy of bargaining systems and relying …

collective bargaining agreements, to study the interactions between wage floors and wage cushions and quantify the impact of …

countries and information from more than 1100 collective bargaining agreements. Results provide evidence for a neglected trade … also with more individuals actually paid below prevailing minima. Higher collective bargaining coverage can to some extent …

How do firm-level collective agreements affect firm performance in a multi-level bargaining system? Using detailed …