Variable: Coordination of wage-setting

QoG Code: (vi_wcoord)

Dataset: The ICTWSS database version 6.0

Description:

Coordination of wage-setting.

1. 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' associations, with or without government involvement, or b) unilateral government imposition of wage schedule/freeze, with or without prior consultation and negotiations with unions and/or employers' associations.
2. Non-binding norms and/or guidelines (recommendations on maximum or minimum wage rates or wage increases) issued by a) the government or government agency, and/or the central union and employers' associations (together or alone), or b) resulting from an extensive, regularized pattern setting coupled with high degree of union concentration and authority.
3. Procedural negotiation guidelines (recommendations on, for instance, wage demand formula relating to productivity or inflation) issued by a) the government or government agency, and/or the central union and employers' associations (together or alone), or b) resulting from an extensive, regularized pattern setting coupled with high degree of union concentration and authority.
4. Some coordination of wage setting, based on pattern setting by major companies, sectors, government wage policies in the public sector, judicial awards, or minimum wage policies.
5. Fragmented wage bargaining, confined largely to individual firms or plants, no coordination.

Type of variable: Categorical

Categories:

Labour Market

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