Collective wage regulation in northern Europe under strain: Multiple drivers of change and differing responses

Jon Erik Dølvik, Paul Marginson, Kristin Alsos, Jens Arnholtz, Guglielmo Meardi, Torsten Müller, Sissel Trygstad

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Abstract

There has been much recent attention to the upheavals, often externally induced, in collective bargaining and labour market regulation in southern European countries. In this article, we introduce a set of studies of changes, typically employer-driven, in collective wage regulation in northern Europe. We discuss possible drivers of change: contagion from southern Europe, regime competition among the northern countries themselves and/or destabilizing effects of east–north integration, driven by free movement. These drivers interact with internal change dynamics spurring diverging actor responses and institutional outcomes. We outline the common research design, review salient features of wage regulation in six countries, and differences in institutions, production, markets and factor mobility in four sectors. We briefly review findings from the other articles.
OriginalsprogDansk
TidsskriftEuropean Journal of Industrial Relations
Vol/bind24
Udgave nummer4
Sider (fra-til)321-339
ISSN0959-6801
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 dec. 2018

Emneord

  • Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  • Collective bargaining
  • coordination
  • employers' organizations
  • European Integration
  • wage floors

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