Data source: Jelle Visser
The ICTWSS database covers four key elements of modern political economies: trade unionism, wage setting, state intervention and social pacts. The database contains annual data for all OECD and EU Member States.
When using this dataset, please cite as:
(Visser, 2019)
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Mandatory extension of collective agreements to non-organised employers. 0. There are neither legal provisions for mandatory extension, nor is there a functional equivalent. 1. Extension is rather ...
vi_mws
Minimum Wage Setting. 0. No statutory minimum wage, no sectoral or national agreements. 1. Minimum wages are set by (sectoral) collective agreement or tripartite wage boards in (some) sectors. 2. M ...
vi_nmw
National Minimum Wage. 0. No statutory minimum wage. 1. Statutory minimum wage in some sectors (occupations, regions/states) only. 2. Statutory national (cross-sectoral or interoccupational) mini ...
vi_rag
Right of Association, Government Sector. 0. No. 1. Yes, with major restrictions (e.g., monopoly union, government authorization, major groups excluded). 2. Yes, with minor restrictions (e.g., rec ...
vi_ram
Right of Association, Market Sector. 0. No. 1. Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, prior authorization, major groups excluded). 2. Yes, with minor restrictions (e.g. recognition pr ...
vi_rcbg
Right of Collective Bargaining, Government Sector. 0. No. 1. Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, government authorization, limitations on content, major groups excluded). 2. Yes, w ...
vi_rcbm
Right of Collective Bargaining, Market Sector. 0. No. 1. Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, government authorization, limitations on content, major groups excluded). 2. Yes, with ...
vi_rsg
Right to Strike, Government Sector. 0. No. 1. Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, compulsory arbitration or conciliation, restrictions on issues or content, major groups excluded). ...
vi_rsm
Right to Strike, Market Sector. 0. No. 1. Yes, with major restrictions (e.g. monopoly union, compulsory arbitration or conciliation, restrictions on issues or content, major groups excluded). 2. ...
vi_udr
Union density rate, net union membership as a proportion of wage and salary earners in employment (0-100).
vi_udr1524
Union density of workers aged 15-24
vi_udr2554
Union density of workers aged 25-54
vi_udr5564
Union density of workers aged 55-64
vi_wcoord
Coordination of wage-setting. 5. Binding norms regarding maximum or minimum wage rates or wage increases issued as a result of a) centralized bargaining by the central union and employers' associati ...
vi_wgi
Government intervention in wage bargaining. 5. The government imposes private sector wage settlements, places a ceiling on bargaining outcomes or suspends bargaining. 4. The government participates ...
vi_wl
Level-impact: the predominant level at which wage bargaining takes place in terms of coverage. 5. Bargaining predominantly takes place at central or cross-industry level negotiated at lower levels. ...