Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in Spain

After the increase in inequalities following the Great Recession, studies on wage bargaining systems have increasingly focused on wage inequality. This research examines wage inequality associated with collective bargaining levels in Spain, based on matched employer-employee microdata and quantile r...

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Autores: Ramos Lobo, Raúl, Sanromà, Esteve, Simón Pérez, Hipólito J.
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Data de publicação:2022
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palavra-chave:Política salarial
Mercat de treball
Treball qualificat
Negociacions col·lectives de treball
Wage policy
Labor market
Skilled labor
Collective bargainings
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spelling Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in SpainRamos Lobo, RaúlSanromà, EsteveSimón Pérez, Hipólito J.Política salarialMercat de treballTreball qualificatNegociacions col·lectives de treballWage policyLabor marketSkilled laborCollective bargainingsAfter the increase in inequalities following the Great Recession, studies on wage bargaining systems have increasingly focused on wage inequality. This research examines wage inequality associated with collective bargaining levels in Spain, based on matched employer-employee microdata and quantile regression methods. These methods are applied across the wage distribution, following the method proposed by Firpo et al. (2011), to estimate wage premiums associated with agreement levels and to decompose the wage differentials observed at different points of the wage distribution. From the evidence obtained it can be concluded that, although the higher wages found in firm-level agreements are explained by the better observed characteristics of firms and workers covered by these collective agreements, there remains a positive wage premium. Although this premium is seen throughout the wage distribution, it favours mostly workers in the middle and upper-middle end. This slightly increases wage inequality in comparison with sectoral agreements. In contrast, workers without collective bargaining coverage generally suffer a wage penalty. This penalty is only observed on the left of the wage distribution. It becomes a significant wage premium in the upper end of the distribution, which implies a significant increase in wage inequality. In short, the evidence of this research suggests that reducing the coverage of collective bargaining could be associated with a significant increase in wage inequality. A better policy option for countries with a predominant sectoral model, such as Spain, would be to move towards an organized decentralization model. This would cause significant gains in employment as suggested by OECD (2019) and only a slight increase in wage inequality.Elsevier2022202220222022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion21 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/186867Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2021.09.006Journal of Policy Modeling, 2022, vol. 44, num. 2, p. 375-395https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2021.09.006cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2022http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1868672026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in Spain
title Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in Spain
spellingShingle Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in Spain
Ramos Lobo, Raúl
Política salarial
Mercat de treball
Treball qualificat
Negociacions col·lectives de treball
Wage policy
Labor market
Skilled labor
Collective bargainings
title_short Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in Spain
title_full Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in Spain
title_fullStr Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in Spain
title_sort Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ramos Lobo, Raúl
Sanromà, Esteve
Simón Pérez, Hipólito J.
author Ramos Lobo, Raúl
author_facet Ramos Lobo, Raúl
Sanromà, Esteve
Simón Pérez, Hipólito J.
author_role author
author2 Sanromà, Esteve
Simón Pérez, Hipólito J.
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Política salarial
Mercat de treball
Treball qualificat
Negociacions col·lectives de treball
Wage policy
Labor market
Skilled labor
Collective bargainings
topic Política salarial
Mercat de treball
Treball qualificat
Negociacions col·lectives de treball
Wage policy
Labor market
Skilled labor
Collective bargainings
description After the increase in inequalities following the Great Recession, studies on wage bargaining systems have increasingly focused on wage inequality. This research examines wage inequality associated with collective bargaining levels in Spain, based on matched employer-employee microdata and quantile regression methods. These methods are applied across the wage distribution, following the method proposed by Firpo et al. (2011), to estimate wage premiums associated with agreement levels and to decompose the wage differentials observed at different points of the wage distribution. From the evidence obtained it can be concluded that, although the higher wages found in firm-level agreements are explained by the better observed characteristics of firms and workers covered by these collective agreements, there remains a positive wage premium. Although this premium is seen throughout the wage distribution, it favours mostly workers in the middle and upper-middle end. This slightly increases wage inequality in comparison with sectoral agreements. In contrast, workers without collective bargaining coverage generally suffer a wage penalty. This penalty is only observed on the left of the wage distribution. It becomes a significant wage premium in the upper end of the distribution, which implies a significant increase in wage inequality. In short, the evidence of this research suggests that reducing the coverage of collective bargaining could be associated with a significant increase in wage inequality. A better policy option for countries with a predominant sectoral model, such as Spain, would be to move towards an organized decentralization model. This would cause significant gains in employment as suggested by OECD (2019) and only a slight increase in wage inequality.
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Journal of Policy Modeling, 2022, vol. 44, num. 2, p. 375-395
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