Table 18.A9
Wage dispersion and institutions (see Section 18.4.6)
| Authors | Countries and years | Data sets* and sample selection | Methods and important variables | Types of institutions** | Main findings |
| i. Overviews of the literature | |||||
| Blau and Kahn (1999) | 13 EU countries and CHE, AUS, CAN, JPN, NZL, United States; 1970s to 1990s. | Draws on existing literature and data sources used there. | This chapter examines the impact of wage-setting institutions and government policies on wages and employment, focusing on the OECD countries. | AP, CP, DI, MW, UB, UD | There is considerable evidence that centralized collective bargaining, minimum wages, and antidiscrimination policies raise the relative wages of the low paid. Evidence of the impact of these institutions ... |
