Layard, Richard 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1313-699X and Reyniers, Diane J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0677-2020
(1990)
Wage bargaining and incomes policy: possible lessons for Eastern Europe.
CEP Discussion Papers (CEPDP0002).
London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.
Abstract
In Eastern Europe (as in Western) wages will be mainly set by collective bargaining. The bargains are likely to be at a level of the firm. Cross-country evidence suggests that where there is a high coverage of collective bargaining and bargaining is at a firm level, quite high unemployment is needed to restrain inflation. Rigid norms for wage growth cannot last indefinitely, though they can help for a shortish time during disinflation. Tax-based incomes policy, however, can offer a permanent source of downward pressure on nominal wages, while permitting flexibility to preserve efficiency. There should be a uniform norm (unrelated to the circumstances of the enterprise). The norm should relate to average hourly earnings (or earnings per worker), and not to the total wage bill (WN). The latter would discourage structural adjustment.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Report) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/ |
| Additional Information: | no full text |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2013 10:19 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 05:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/48880 |
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