The Dynamics of Wage Relations in the New Europe

he debate on 'The Dynamics of Wage Relations in the New Europe' is an T offspring of a research project on 'Disparities in Wage Relations and the Reproduction of Skills in Europe'. At a meeting of the advisory committee for this research held at the University of Westminster in L...

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Other Authors: Clarke, Linda (Editor), de Gijsel, Peter (Editor), Janssen, Jörn (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Wage relations and European wage policy -- Introduction: The transformation of wage labour and the state -- The national and EU-state in the regulation of wages and the composition of the wage package -- Legal origins of wage labour: the evolution of the contract of employment from industrialisation to the welfare state -- Changing wage orders: France 1900–1995 -- The anatomy of labour cost -- Social security contributions, earmarked taxes and wage earner savings in the financing of social protection: a comparison of the British and French systems -- A financial reform of the welfare system: reforms are overdue -- Negotiated wage growth in Hungary -- The wage crunch in Central and Eastern Europe: past effects and future risks Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead -- Introduction: Disparities in wage relations and social reproduction -- Occupational and wage hierarchies: an historic turning point -- Wages systems and social systems Discussion -- Wages and living standards in the Central and East European countries -- Migrant labour and equal pay for equal work in Europe -- Wages as a reflection of socially embedded production and reproduction processes -- The restructuring of the family wage system, wage relations and gender -- Recent changes in wage forms and the reproduction of the social structure: the underlying issues -- Introduction: Welfare effects of market deregulation and changing work organisation — some unresolved issues -- The impact of labour market regulation on economic performance: a review -- Systemic competition between high and low ‘social cost’ labour: a case study of the UK construction industry -- Cooperation, the organisation of work and competitiveness -- Alternative work systems and the competitive process -- Post-Fordism and managerial strategies in France -- Pay structure and competitiveness -- Summary of the discussion -- Contributors 
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520 |a he debate on 'The Dynamics of Wage Relations in the New Europe' is an T offspring of a research project on 'Disparities in Wage Relations and the Reproduction of Skills in Europe'. At a meeting of the advisory committee for this research held at the University of Westminster in London on 14th November 1994, it was decided (by Linda Clarke,]orn]anssen, Henryk Lewandowski, Philippe Mehaut, Patrick Rozenblatt and Frank Wilkinson) to set up a larger international committee to develop a programme and seek funding from the European Commission for a symposium of experts on wage relations. This committee of ten scientific experts was formed and invited to a number of meetings throughout 1995 and 1996 by DG V of the European Commission in order to develop a programme and proposal for a symposium to take place in 1997. Eventually the proposal, formally submitted by University of Westminster/London, University ofMaastrichti Netherlands, Fachhochschule Dortmund/Germany and University of Osnabriick/ Germany was accepted by the European Commission in May 1996. Additional funding was then obtained from the Hans-Bockler-Stiftung and the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research allowing, in particular, participants from Central and East European countries to be invited. The subject of wage relations, as a central issue of European social policy, was intended to be tackled in an open debate between scientists and policy makers, the latter as individual experts rather than representatives