Minimum wages in Central and Eastern Europe: from protection to destitution
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Introduction 1
Guy Standing and Daniel Vaughan Whitehead
1. What Role for the Minimum Wage in the
Flexible Labour Markets of the 2Ist Century? 7
Guy Standing
1. Introduction 7
2. Arguments for a Minimum Wage 9
3. A Drift to Workfare? 12
4. Conclusion 14
2. Minimum Wages in Central and Eastern Europe:
Slippage of the Anchor 15
Daniel Vaughan Whitehead
1. Introduction 15
2. Down ward Pressure on Minimum Wages 16
3 • Social Implications 22
4. Problems of Efficiency and Productivity 30
5. Minimum Wage and Employment 32
6. Labour Force Fragmentation 33
7. Disconnection from the Wage Scale 34
8. Disruption of the Income Structure 36
9 • Adverse Effects on Consumption and Savings 38
10. Reforming Minimum Wage Policy 40
11. Conclusion 46
Appendix: Changes in the Level of the Minimum Wage 48
3. Minimum Wages in Russia:
Fantasy Chasing Fact 49
Tatyana Chetvemina
1. The Concept 49
2. The Minimum Wage and the Living Wage 54
3. The Minimum Wage and Incomes 57
4. Problems and Prospects for the Minimum Wage in Russia 59
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4. What Role for the Minimum Wage
in the New Polish Labour Market? 68
Krzysztof Hagemejer
1. Role and Functions of the Minimum Wage 68
2. Size and Growth of the Minimum Wage 71
3. The Minimum Wage and Purchasing Power 74
4. Wages, Social Benefits and Total Incomes 75
5. Wage Differentials 76
6. Minimum Wages and Unemployment 82
7. Conclusion 83
Appendix: Data Sources and their Reliability 84
5. The Impact of the Minimum Wage on
Hungarian Wages and Industrial Relations 85
Jeno Koltay
1. Introduction 85
2. Wage Control and Minimum Wage Fixing 86
3. Protection of the Low Paid, Subsistence Minimum Calculation
and Minimum Wage Fixing 90
4. Wage Bargaining and Minimum Wage Bargaining 94
5. Enforcement and Fragmentation of the Minimum Wage 97
6. Conclusion 100
6. Have Minimum Wages Hit Employment
in the Czech Transformation? 102
Alena Buchtikova
1. Minimum Wage Protection in the Czech Republic 102
2. Minimum Wage and Low Paid Workers 107
3. The Impact of Minimum Wage Growth
on Levels of Employment 111
4. Conclusion 114
7. Minimum Wages and Collective
Bargaining in Bulgaria 116
TbdorRadev
1. Introduction 116
2. The Minimum Wage within the Wage Bargaining System 116
3. The Erosion of the Minimum Wage in Real Terms 120
4. Scope and Sectoral Distribution of the Minimum Wage 123 /
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5. The Influence of the Minimum Wage on Pay Differentials 126
6. The Minimum Wage and Unemployment 128
7. The Minimum Wage and Growing Poverty 131
8. Conclusion 133
8. The Role of the Minimum Wage in the
Romanian Wage Structure 136
Steliana Pert and Nicolae Popescu
1. General Economic Background 136
2. Role and Functions of the Minimum Wage 137
3. Size and Development of the Minimum Wage 142
4. Conclusion 149
9. The Minimum Wage and Impoverishment
in the Republic of Moldova 151
Valentina Postolacbi, Vasilira Rotaru and Vassile Stoianov
1. Introduction 151
2. The Establishment of the Minimum Wage
in the Republic of Moldova 151
3. Economic Functions of the Minimum Wage 154
4. The Minimum Wage: An Instrument of Social Protection? 159
5. Conclusion 161
10. Minimum Wage Protection in Western
Industrialised Economies 163
Stephen Bazen and Gilbert Benhayoun
1. Introduction 163
2. Forms of Minimum Wage Protection 163
3. The Economic Impact of Minimum Wages 165
4. Conclusion 172
List of Tables and Figures
Chapter 2
Table 2.1 Minimum Wage, Lowest Wages and Average Wages,
Poland, 1989 92 35
Figure 2.1 Changes in Average Real Wages, 1990 94 17
Figure 2.2 Minimum Wage Compared to Average Wage in Real Terms,
1989 94 19
Figure 2.3 Minimum Wage and Subsistence Minimum (official) Levels 24
Figure 2.4 Ratio of Minimum Wage to Subsistence Minimum Level 28
Chapter 3
Table 3.1 Wages and Family Income, Soviet Union, 1989 90 51
Table 3 2 The Single Rate Schedule, Russia, 1993 52
Table 3 3 Normative Minimum and Average Wage, Moscow, 1992—93 55
Table 3 4 Physiological Minimum Income, Russia, Jan 1992 Mar
1993 55
Table 3 5 Changes in Minimum and Monthly Wages, Russia, January
1992 August 1994 61
Chapter 4
Table 4.1 Household Wage Distribution (by Income Percentile
Groups), Poland,1992 71
Table 4.2 The Minimum Wage Compared to the Average Wage,
Poland, 1981 93 73
Table 4.3 Minimum Wage Compared to the Social Minimum, Poland,
1981 93 75
Table 4.4 Characteristics of Wage Distribution, Poland, 1987 92 77
Table 4.5 Percentage of Workers Receiving Monthly Wages Lower than
50% of the Modal Wage, the Median Wage and the Average
Wage, Poland, 1991 92 78
Table 4.6 Minimum Reservation Wage of the Unemployed, Poland,
November 1992 82
Figure 4.1 Index of Real Wages, Poland, 1988 93 72
Figure 4.2 Wage Distribution of Manual and Non manual Employees,
Poland, September 1992 79
Figure 4.3 Wage Distribution Among Men and Women, Poland,
September 1992 80
Figure 4.4 Wage Distribution in the Private and Public Sectors, Poland,
September 1992 81
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Chapter 5
Table 51 Wage Determination and Minimum Wage, Hungary,
1945 94 87
Table 5.2 Average Wage, Real Wage and Minimum Wage Growth,
Hungary, 1971 94 89
Table 5.3 Subsistence Minimum, Consumer Prices and Minimum
Wage, Hungary, 1971 94 93
Table 5.4 Distribution of Underpayment by Branch, Hungary, 1994 98
Table 5.5 Distribution of Underpayment by Sector, Hungary, 1994 99
Table 5.6 Distribution of Underpayment by Category, Hungary, 1994 99
Chapter 6
Table 6.1 Trends in the Real Minimum Wage and the Real Average
Wage, Czech Republic, 1st quarter 1991 2nd quarter 1993 103
Table 6.2 Average Minimum Wages Negotiated at Enterprise Level,
Czech Republic, 1993 105
Table 6.3 The Development of the Cost of Living Index (CLI), the
Minimum Wage and the Real Minimum Wage,
Czech Republic, December 1990 June 1993 108
Table 6.4 Low Pay in Main Risk Groups, Czech Republic, 4th Quarter
1992 109
Table 6.5 Low Pay by Sector, Czech Republic, Last Quarter of 1992 110
Table 6.6 Expected Wage Bill Growth Due to Adjustment of the
Minimum Wage, Czech Republic, 1992 111
Table 6.7 Wage and Employment Effects of Minimum Wage Growth,
Czech Republic, 1992 113
Table 6.8 Effects of Minimum Wage Growth on Low Paid Workers,
Czech Republic, 1992 113
Table 6.9 Effects of a 1% Wage Bill Rise Due to Minimum Wage
Growth, Czech Republic, 1992 114
Figure 6.1 Minimum Wages as a Proportion of Average Wages, Czech
Republic, 1st Quarter 1991 2nd Quarter 1993 104
Chapter 7
Table 7.1 Agreed Minimum Wage and Percentage Share of Employees
Receiving the Minimum Wage or Below, Bulgaria, 1993 119
Table 7.2 Share of Employed Receiving the Minimum Wage,
Bulgaria, 1990 93 125
Table 7.3 Sectoral and Subsectoral Differentiation of Average Wages,
Bulgaria, 1989 93 127
Table 7.4 Minimum Wage, Minimum Living Standard, and Social
Minimum, Bulgaria, 1992 94 132
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Figure 7.1 Nominal Minimum Wage and Price Index, Bulgaria,
1990 94 122
Figure 7.2 The Minimum Wage and Unemployment, Bulgaria,
1990 95 129
Chapter 8
Table 8.1 Macroeconomic Indicators, Romania, 1990 93 137
Table 8.2 Changes in National Minimum Wage (According to Law
No. 14/1991 on Wages), Romania, 1991 94 139
Table 8.3 Minimum Wage in State owned Enterprises (Compared to
National Minimum Wage), Romania, 1993 141
Table 8.4 Growth of the Gross Minimum Wage and the Gross Average
Wage, Romania, 1991 94 143
Table 8.5 Net Minimum Wage as Percentage of Net Average Wage,
Romania, 1991 94 144
Table 8.6 Gross Sectoral Negotiated Minimum Wage Compared to
National Minimum Wage, Romania, 1992 94 144
Table 8.7 Indices of Net Average Wage, Net Minimum Wage, Consumer
Prices, Real Average Wage and Real Minimum Wage,
Romania, October 1990 Jiily 1994 147
Figure 8.1 Minimum Wage as a Percentage of Average Wage, Romania,
1991 93 142
Figure 8.2 Indices of Net Average Wage, Net Minimum Wage and
Consumer Prices, Romania, 1991 94 145
Figure 8.3 Indices of Real Average Wage and Real Minimum Wage,
Romania, 1991 94 146
Chapter 9
Table 9.1 Single Tariff Schedule for Employees in the Budgetary
(Public) Sector, Republic of Moldova, 1994 153
Table 9.2 Changes in Legislation on the Minimum Wage, Republic of
Moldova, 1986 94 155
Table 9.3 Minimum Wage and Average Wage, Republic of Moldova,
1991 94 156
Table 9.4 Average Monthly Wage of Employees in 15 Sectors of the
National Economy, Republic of Moldova, 1991 94 157
Table 95 Minimum Wage and Subsistence Minimum, Republic of
Moldova, 1991 94 160
Figure 9.1 The Dynamics of Living Standards Indices in the Republic of
Moldova (1992 to the 1st half of 1994) 155
Figure 9.2 Minimum Wage and Average Wage Compared to Subsistence
Minimum, Republic of Moldova, 1991 94 159
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