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Bargained Wages, Wage Drift and the Design of the Wage Setting System

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dc.creator Cardoso, Ana Rute
dc.creator Portugal, Pedro
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:08:59Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:08:59Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20150
dc.identifier ppn:372809030
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20150
dc.description This paper aims at answering the question: How does a typically 'European' bargaining system - with collective bargaining, extension mechanisms and national minimum wage - coexist with low unemployment rate and high wage flexibility? A unique data set on workers, firms and collective bargaining contracts in the Portuguese economy is used to analyze the determinants of both the bargained wage and the wage drift. Results indicate that wage drift stretches the returns to every worker and firm attribute, whereas it shrinks the returns to union bargaining power. Therefore, firm-specific arrangements, in the form of wage drift, partly offset collective bargaining, granting firms a high degree of freedom when setting wages. Union bargaining power raises the overall wage level, but lowers the returns on worker attributes, an outcome of the egalitarian policy pursued.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 914
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J51
dc.subject J31
dc.subject D21
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject wage distribution
dc.subject wage drift
dc.subject union bargaining power
dc.subject employer coordination
dc.subject Tarifpolitik
dc.subject Lohnverhandlungen
dc.subject Lohndrift
dc.subject Arbeitsmarktflexibilisierung
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Portugal
dc.title Bargained Wages, Wage Drift and the Design of the Wage Setting System
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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