Definition of a “minimum wage” 2. How many countries do have a minimum wage regime across Europe? 3. How high are minimum wages across Europe? 4. Is there a trend towards the minimum wage across Europe? 5.

Highlights various aspects of the labour markets in Europe.

This book proposes an alternative view according to which wage developments need to be strengthened through a Europe-wide coordinated reconstruction of collective bargaining as a precondition for more sustainable and more inclusive growth ...

This edition includes a chapter focusing on energy statistics. The paper version includes a CD-ROM with the electronic version of the yearbook in pdf format, all tables and graphs in Excel format, as well as further information.

Wage rises have remained stubbornly low in advanced Europe in recent years, but, at the same time, newer EU members are experiencing rapid wage acceleration.

To shed light on this puzzle, this paper examines the historical link between wage growth and inflation in Europe and factors that influence the strength of the passthrough from labor costs to prices.

This paper analyzes wage- and price-setting relations in new EU member countries.