In the shadow of hierarchy
Minimum wage commissions in the UK and Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4237807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah Mabbett (0000-0001-7068-0812, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 2117-2135 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socio-Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-1461 • E-ISSN: 1475-147X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ser/mwad027 |
| OpenAlex | W4377140282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 24 |
The adoption of statutory minimum wages (MWs) has been accompanied by institutional innovations in the relationship between governments, employers and unions. In the UK and Germany, MW commissions were created to recommend or determine the MW. Their memberships are dominated by trade unionists and employers. Structures that engage the social partners 'in the shadow of hierarchy' can be efficient as well as politically expedient. They will be stable if, first, the social partners can establish a consensual basis for decisions and, second, this consensus position is near enough to the government's position not to trigger intervention. The first condition has been met but not the second: both in the UK and Germany, governments have overridden employers and unions in order to introduce higher MWs. The article explores why this has happened and draws out the implications for MW fixing and the stability of shadow-of-hierarchy arrangements
Business · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Hierarchy · Intervention (counseling) · Labour economics · Market economy · Minimum wage · Order (exchange) · Political science · Position (finance) · Shadow (psychology) · Statutory law · Wage · European Union Policy and Governance · Finance · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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The operation of the Low Pay Commission
Rethinking social pacts in Europe
The Process of Fixing the British National Minimum Wage, 1997–2007
The making of the German minimum wage
What is Alive and What is Dead in the Theory of Corporatism
Business, Government, and Patterns of Labor Market Policy in Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany
The toxic politicising of the National Minimum Wage
Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity
Subsidizing wages or supplementing transfers? The politics and ambiguity of in‐work benefits
The Demise of Tax Credits
The European Social Dialogue in the Shadow of Hierarchy
Learning to Love the Government
Competence versus control
The Shadow of Hierarchy and New Modes of Governance
The minimum wage in Germany
Liberal Corporatism and Party Government
Corporatism
Dualization as Destiny? The Political Economy of the German Minimum Wage Reform
Pivot or Pilot
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |