The minimum wage revisited in the enlarged EU

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Title:

The minimum wage revisited in the enlarged EU

Author:

Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel.

ISBN:

9789221219873

9781849800150

Publication Information:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar ; Geneva : International Labour Office, c2010.

Physical Description:

viii, 544 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Abstract:

Analyses minimum wage developments in the last ten years or so in 14 of the EU-27 countries and in Turkey. Considers the role of increased mobility of goods and services, capital and labour, and the issue of harmonization between individual member States.--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Subject Term:

Salaires minimums -- Pays de l'Union européenne.

Salaires minimums -- Pays de l'Union européenne -- Cas, Études de.

Salaires minimums -- Droit -- Pays de l'Union européenne.

Salaires minimums -- Droit -- Pays de l'Union européenne -- Cas, Études de.

Added Author:

Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel.

Added Corporate Author:

International Labour Office.

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Summary

This book provides in-depth and innovative analysis of the minimum wage in Europe. Labor economist Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead looks at its scope within the enlarged EU and poses the question of harmonization between the minimum wages of the individual member states--or even a common EU minimum wage. The book also explores the role of the minimum wage at the national level, looking at trends and effects, with case studies on specific national policy issues or industrial sectors.

Minimum wage fixing has returned to the core of policy debates, as illustrated by the adoption of a statutory minimum wage by Austria, Ireland, and the UK and ongoing discussions in Germany and Sweden. Proposals to have common rules at the EU level have also multiplied since EU enlargement, in particular to minimize "social dumping"--the practice of exporting goods from countries with poor labor standards. Bringing together 15 national studies from noted European specialists in the field, this timely collection aims to stimulate the current debate.