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The evolution of national social dialogue in Europe under the single market, 1992-2006
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posted on 2023-06-08, 11:27 authored by Andreas KornelakisThis paper examines the evolution of national social dialogue (bipartite wage bargaining) across European countries. Several commentators in the 1990s expected the dismantling of national social dialogue institutions. Following the liberalisation of markets, intensification of competition, and declining union power, bargaining structures were supposed to converge to the Anglo-Saxon model of decentralised bargaining. The paper seeks to gauge the plausibility of the ‘decentralization thesis’ using novel indicators of collective bargaining centralization across the EU15. It is shown that despite the changes in product markets, flexible working, and declining union density, a generalized decentralization of bargaining did not occur. Instead, in many European cases there is a counter-trend of centralization, which casts doubt to the decentralization thesis.
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Transfer: European Review of Labour and ResearchPublisher
Sussex European InstituteIssue
2Volume
18Page range
213-224Place of publication
BrightonDepartment affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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SEI Working Paper No. 134Institution
University of SussexFull text available
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2014-07-01First Open Access (FOA) Date
2016-03-22First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-03-22Usage metrics
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