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Collectively-agreed wages in Europe: Challenges in the statistical and political field

Co-financed by EC. Place photo here. Collectively-agreed wages in Europe: Challenges in the statistical and political field . EUROPEAN POLICY CONFERENCE BRUSSELS – 29 November 2012. Introduction on CAWIE-project. Collectively agreed wages in Europe Improving existing data and indicators

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Collectively-agreed wages in Europe: Challenges in the statistical and political field

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  1. Co-financedby EC Place photo here Collectively-agreed wages in Europe: Challenges in the statistical and political field EUROPEAN POLICY CONFERENCE BRUSSELS – 29 November 2012

  2. IntroductiononCAWIE-project • Collectively agreed wages in Europe • Improvingexisting data and indicators • To support social dialogue and economic governance in the EU • Co-Funding 80% Grant Budget heading 04.030301 EC DG Employment and Social Affairs CAWIE EuropeanPolicy Conference, 29 November 2012

  3. Project consortium: TURI Project team Co-ordinators • HIVA-KULeuven, BE Contact person: Guy van Gyes • Wirtschafts- und SozialwissenschaftlichesInstitut in der Hans BöcklerStiftung (WSI), DE Contact person: Thorsten Schulten & ReinhardBispinck Project partners CAWIE EuropeanPolicy Conference, 29 November 2012

  4. Frompolicy …. • Europeanmacro-economicgovernance – Wage-setting = policy target • AnnualGrowthSurvey – European Semester - Euro-Plus Pact – Imbalances procedures – Troikabailouts – EC prop wagemonitoringgroup • Hegemonic policy thinking: Wage movements are one of the few adjustment mechanisms; ‘Internal’ devaluation: restoring growth requires wage moderation and relaxation of certain wage-setting institutions; ECFIN (Employment-friendly = reduce minimum wage; collective bargaining coverage; bargaining power unions) • Country-specificrecommendations EIP • Limit minimum wageincrease in France • Internalise lowproductivity in Italian national/sectoralbargaining • Rapid and vastdownwardswageadjustment in Spain throughimplementation of decentral and opening clauses/end indexation • Finland: Continue withmoderatewage agreement to repair the 2008/2009 wagecostexcess CAWIE EuropeanPolicy Conference, 29 November 2012

  5. … to project • Coordination – Intervention is a fact • Making abstraction of the fundamentaltheorems (supply-side; wagegrowth not aboveproductivitygrowth) • To deal withtwo issues on CAWIE • Assessment of the methodologicalquality of the usedevidence • >< simple reasoning on wage setting systems • A comparison of collectively agreed and “actual” wage developments allows for an analysis of “wage drift” which can be used to identify other factors than collective agreements which influence wage dynamics in Europe. • Start withsectorapproach CAWIE EuropeanPolicy Conference, 29 November 2012

  6. Project results • 10 national reports • Policy conference Brussels 29 November 2012 • 2 EU policy papers • Trends in CAWIE 1995-2010 • A harmonisedstatistical system onCAWIE: building blocksfrom a quality-basedusers’ perspective CAWIE EuropeanPolicy Conference, 29 November 2012

  7. Conference agenda -1-Statisticalchallenge • 10:45 – 11:15 National examples of statistics on collectively agreed wages • Germany: Jörg Decker, Destatis • Italy: Angela Golino, Istat • 11:15 – 11:45Comparative quality assessment of current national indicators for collectively agreed wages • Guy van Gyes, HIVA-KULeuven • 11:45 – 12:00 Coffee break • 12:00 – 13:00Proposals for European harmonised data on collectively agreed wages • Kea Tijdens, AIAS-Amsterdam • Guy van Gyes, HIVA-KULeuven • Comments: • Andrew Kanutin, European Central Bank • Jorge Cabrita, European FoundationfortheImprovement of Living and Workingconditions • Erland Hansen, industryAll • 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch CAWIE EuropeanPolicy Conference, 29 November 2012

  8. Conference agenda -2-Politicalchallenge • 14.00 –14.30 Current trends in collectively agreed wages and wage drift in Europe • ThorstenSchulten, Wirtschafts- undSozialwissenschaftlicheInstitut • 14:30 - 16:00The role of wages in the new European Economic Governance • Panel discusssion • Andrew Chapman, EC DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion) • Ronald Janssen, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) • ÖzlemOnaran, University of Westminster CAWIE EuropeanPolicy Conference, 29 November 2012

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