Wages and the bargaining regime in a corporatist setting: the Netherlands

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Wages and the bargaining regime in a corporatist setting: The Netherlands Hartog, J.; Leuven, E.; Teulings, C.N. Link to publicationCitation for published version (APA): Hartog, J., Leuven, E., & Teulings, C. (1997). Wages and the bargaining regime in a corporatist setting: The Netherlands. (Discussion Papers; No. 1706). Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, Centre for Economic Policy Research. General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. AbstractIn a corporatist country like the Netherlands, wages should not be distinguished by union membership status, but by bargaining regime. Acknowledging the firms' bargaining regime, we find small differences between four regimes and certainly no distinction between "covered" and "uncovered" firms.

Employment and wage effects of extending collective bargaining agreements

“…In the Netherlands, the wages of female workers are 10% lower than those of male workers among workers covered by extended contracts, but the gender difference in earnings is 14% among workers who were not covered by a collective contract [7]. Similarly, in Spain the gender wage gap among workers covered by country-or sector-level contracts is lowest at the bottom of the wage distribution, where actual wages are closest to bargained wages [8].…”

The Impact of Wage Bargaining Regime on Firm‐Level Competitiveness and Wage Inequality: The Case of Ireland

“…It is important to note that the questions addressed here go beyond that of the impacts of trade union membership on firm-level performance and inequality as, due the nature of wage bargaining arrangements in Ireland, and continental Europe more generally, the proportion of workers covered by collective bargaining regimes far exceeds the proportion who are members of trade unions (Hartog, 2002). While collective wage bargaining processes will be the primary channel through which trade unions impact wage levels, this is not to say that there are no additional influences deriving from firm trade union density.…”

Contractual Wages and the Wage Cushion under Different Bargaining Settings

“…Teulings and Hartog (1998) claim that more centralized wagesetting systems can be efficiency enhancing. For Portugal, Hartog, Pereira, and Vieira (2002) found that the level at which bargaining takes place has a significant impact on the wage distribution and on the returns to worker and firm attributes, and evidence on The Netherlands points in the same direction (Hartog, Leuven, and Teulings 2002). The impact of collective bargaining on the wage structure, wage rigidity, and labor market performance is, therefore, not clear-cut.…”