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Centralisation of Wage Bargaining and Macroeconomic Performance: A Survey
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Starting from the theoretical argument underlying the "hump shape" hypothesis, the paper investigates the various dimensions of centralisation in the wage formation process. The diversity of effects discussed in the paper makes it hard to arrive at unambiguous policy conclusions. Careful analysis of the various features and economy-wide direct as well as indirect effects of the degree of centralisation in the wage formation process suggests that there exist various trade-offs, the most important of which appears to be that between real wage restraint and relative wage flexibility: centralisation favours the former but reduces the latter. This suggests that its effect on macroeconomic performance depends on the type of shocks affecting the economy. Cette étude analyse les divers aspects de la centralisation dans le processus de formation des salaires en s’appuyant sur l’hypothèse théorique de "courbe en U inversée". La diversité des effets analysés rend ambigu les conclusions politiques qui peuvent être tirées de ce papier. Une étude minutieuse des divers aspects de la centralisation et de leurs effets tant directs qu’indirects, sur le processus de formation des salaires suggère qu’il existe différent choix d’objectifs, le plus important semble être entre la contrainte de salaire réel et la flexibilité du salaire relatif: la centralisation favorise le premier et affaiblit le second. Ceci suggère que l’impact sur la performance macro-économique dépend du type de choc affectant l’économie.
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- OECD Economics Department Working Papers
- Published
- 1993-04-01
- ISSN
- 1815-1973 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1901632132
- Cited by
- 428
- References
- 27
- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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