What role can minimum wages play in overcoming the low-wage model in central and eastern Europe?
Book
European Trade Union Institute, Brussels
ETUI - Brussels
2016
24 p.
collective bargaining ; employment ; income distribution ; low wages ; minimum wage ; productivity
Central Europe ; Eastern Europe
Working Paper
2016.09
Wages and wage payment systems
English
Bibliogr.
1994-4446
13.07-65888
"This working paper gives an overview of minimum wage policies in Central and Eastern Europe. It shows that minimum wages are an effective tool for reducing inequality by raising the lowest incomes. Minimum wages can have some, albeit limited, role in increasing aggregate productivity and promoting economic upgrading. However, to be truly effective in raising wages and productivity, minimum wages would need to be accompanied by a stronger role for collective bargaining in CEE countries."
Digital;Paper
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