QoG Data

Government intervention in wage bargaining.

The government imposes private sector wage settlements, places a ceiling on bargaining outcomes or suspends bargaining.
The government participates directly in wage bargaining (tripartite bargaining, as in social pacts).
The government influences wage bargaining outcomes indirectly through price-ceilings, indexation, tax measures, minimum wages, and/or pattern setting through public sector wages.
The government influences wage bargaining by providing an institutional framework of consultation and information exchange, by conditional agreement to extend private sector agreements, and/or by providing a conflict resolution mechanism which links the settlement of disputes across the economy and/or allows the intervention of state arbitrators or Parliament.
None of the above.

Type of variable: Categorical

Labour Market

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