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This book provides in-depth and innovative analysis of the minimum wage in Europe. The authors explore its role and scope within the enlarged EU, and address the question of whether there should be harmonization between the individual member states or even a common EU minimum wage. They also examine the impact of the minimum wage at the national level, looking at trends and effects through case studies of specific policy issues and industrial sectors.Minimum wage fixing has returned quite prominently to the core of policy debates as evidenced by the adoption of a statutory minimum wage in Ireland and the UK, a minimum wage agreement in Austria and the ongoing discussions in Germany and Sweden. Proposals to have common rules at the EU level have also multiplied since enlargement, in particular to minimize ‘social dumping’ and allow increased transnational mobility. This book assesses the renewed interest in the minimum wage in Europe, identifying the concrete effects of minimum wage fixing on employment, low pay, wage disparity, collective bargaining and migration.Bringing together 15 national studies from noted European specialists in the field, this timely collection aims to stimulate the current debate. It will appeal to academics, students, researchers and policymakers working in labour economics in particular, and European studies more generally.
Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Founder and Chair of the Fair Wage Network and University of Geneva, Switzerland
Contents:1. Minimum Wage Revival in the Enlarged EU: Explanatory Factors and DevelopmentsDaniel Vaughan-Whitehead2. Bulgaria: A Shift in Minimum Wage PolicyVassil Tzanov3. Croatia: Moving Towards a More Active Minimum Wage PolicyDanijel Nestić4. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: Minimum Wages in a Context of Migration and Labour ShortagesJaan Masso and Kerly Krillo5. France: Towards the End of an Active Minimum Wage Policy?Jérôme Gautié6. Germany: What Role for Minimum Wages on Low-wage Work?Gerhard Bosch and Thorsten Kalina7. Greece: Neglect and Resurgence of Minimum Wage PolicyEugenia Fotoniata and Thomas Moutos8. Hungary: The Consequences of Doubling the Minimum WageJános Köllő9. Ireland: A Successful Minimum Wage Implementation?Brian Nolan10. The Netherlands: Minimum Wage Fall Shifts Focus to Part-time JobsWiemer Salverda11. Poland: Minimum Wage, Employment and Labour MigrationJacek Wallusch12. Sweden: A Minimum Wage Model in Need of ModificationPer Skedinger13. Turkey: Minimum Wage in Tension between Economic and Social ConcernsSeyhan Erdogdu14. United Kingdom: Developing a Progressive Minimum Wage in a Liberal Market EconomyDamian Grimshaw15. Towards an EU Minimum Wage Policy?Daniel Vaughan-WhiteheadIndex
‘A body of impressive and insightful scholarship, The Minimum Wage Revisited in the Enlarged EU is strongly recommended as a seminal addition to academic library economic studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.’