Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, Francois - Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Solvay … - 2008
In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined by industry-level agreements. In … 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 …