The minimum wage revisited in the enlarged EU /
edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead.
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Geneva, Switzerland : Edward Elgar ; International Labour Office, c2010.
- viii, 544 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Minimum wage revival in the enlarged EU: explanatory factors and developments / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead -- 2. Bulgaria: a shift in minimum wage policy / Vassil Tzanov -- 3. Croatia: moving towards a more active minimum wage policy / Danijel Nestic -- 4. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: minimum wages in a context of migration and labour shortages / Jaan Masso and Kerly Krillo -- 5. France: towards the end of an active minimum wage policy? / Jérôme Gautié -- 6. Germany: what role for minimum wages on low-wage work? / Gerhard Bosch and Thorsten Kalina -- 7. Greece: neglect and resurgence of minimum wage policy / Eugenia Fotoniata and Thomas Moutos -- 8. Hungary: the consequences of doubling the minimum wage / János Köllo -- 9. Ireland: a successful minimum wage implementation? / Brian Nolan -- 10. The Netherlands: minimum wage fall shifts focus to part-time jobs / Wiemer Salverda -- 11. Poland: minimum wage, employment and labour migration / Jacek Wallusch -- 12. Sweden: a minimum wage model in need of modification / Per Skedinger -- 13. Turkey: minimum wage in tension between economic and social concerns / Seyhan Erdoðdu -- 14. United Kingdom: developing a progressive minimum wage in a liberal market economy / Damian Grimshaw -- 15. Towards an EU minimum wage policy? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead.
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.
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