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Statistics on collectively-agreed wages. Workshop on Collectively-agreed wages in Europe (CAWIE) Brussels, 29 November 2012 Jörg Decker Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Overview. Statistics on agreed earnings: General view Index of agreed earnings: Basic data and calculation
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Statistics on collectively-agreed wages Workshop on Collectively-agreed wages in Europe (CAWIE) Brussels, 29 November 2012 Jörg Decker Federal Statistical Office of Germany
Overview • Statistics on agreed earnings: General view • Index of agreed earnings: Basic data and calculation • Publications • Conclusion
I. Statistics on agreed earnings • Data on agreed earnings • Collective agreements for economic sectors • Selected data • Absolute numbers of earnings • Index of agreed earnings • Collective agreements for economic sectorsand for single enterprises • Average development of agreed earningsby economic sectors
II. Index of agreed earnings • Basic data: Structure of earnings survey (SES) • Conducted in all member states of the EU(Commission regulation (EC) No 1738/2005) • In Germany: 34,000 enterprises • Information about enterprises and employees • Areas of economic sectors • Applied collective agreements • Exact salary group for each employee (in D)
Structure of earnings survey Index of agreed earnings Collective Agreement Collective Agreement Number of employees Economic sector + Number of employees II. Index of agreed earnings For each enterprise: For each economic sector:
II. Index of agreed earnings • For each division (sector) of NACE Rev. 2 • List of different collective agreements • Sorted by descending numbers of employees • 75%-selection
II. Index of agreed earnings • Laspeyres index • Agreed earning x number of employees • Changes by new agreements only • Number of employees are fixed • Calculation for base year (2010, 2015 etc.) • Components of the index • Regular payments • Hours worked • Irregular payments (in 2013)
III. Publications • Index of agreed earnings • Sections B-S of NACE Rev. 2 • Quarterly press releases • Publications with current index data • Public data base with time series • Data on agreed earnings • Public data base (Tarifdatenbank)www.destatis.de/tarifdatenbank • Bulletin for selected economic sectors
IV. Conclusion • Increasing demand for European Data • Common press release with INSEE • Expansion on other countries difficult • Remuneration for EU-staff (Art. 65 of the Statute) • Good example for harmonised data • At present 8 member states • European data on agreed earnings overdue • Data on earnings and labour costs still available • Data on agreed earnings have to follow
Thank you! Jörg Decker Telephone: +49/(0) 611 / 75 24 42 joerg.decker@destatis.de www.destatis.de/tarifdatenbank