The Regional Dimension of Collective Wage Bargaining

The Case of Belgium

Bibliographic Data

ID10404549
AuthorsMichael Rusinek, Ilan Tojerow (0000-0002-5148-5402, Fund for Scientific Research, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume48
Issue2
Pages301-317
Publication date2011-12-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00343404.2011.632625
OpenAlexW2057395229
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited21

Rusinek M. and Tojerow I. The regional dimension of collective wage bargaining: the case of Belgium, Regional Studies. The potential failure of national industry agreements to take into account productivity levels in the least productive regions has been considered as one of the causes of regional unemployment in European countries. This paper investigates the role of the collective bargaining structure in the relationship between regional wage and productivity differentials. Using a rich Belgian-linked employer–employee dataset, it is found that the more an industry is decentralized in terms of wage setting, the more regional differences in productivity are reflected in wages. It is concluded that the current Belgian wage-setting system already includes mechanisms that allow regional productivity to be taken into account

Collective bargaining · Dimension (graph theory · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Efficiency wage · Geography · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Productivity · Regional development · Regional science · Regional studies · Shift-share analysis · Unemployment · Wage · Wage bargaining · Global trade and economics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

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