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100 1 _aSchröder, Joris M.
245 1 0 _aDecoupling of Labour Productivity Growth from Median Wage Growth in Central and Eastern Europe
260 _aWien :
_bWiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw),
_c2020.
300 _a46 S.,
_b3 Tables and 17 Figures,
_c30cm.
490 1 _awiiw Research Reports
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520 _aThe US-centred debate on the decoupling of productivity from workers’ compensation has given rise to the question whether this decoupling has also taken place in other countries, and if so, to what degree. However, in-depth analyses of the extent and the underlying causes of wage-productivity decoupling within Europe are still sparse. This is particularly the case for the Central and East European members of the EU (EU-CEE11), where trickle down of increased labour productivity to local workers in the form of compensation and wage growth has been questioned. Existing analyses provide little explanation as to why the gains in productivity are (not) fully passed on in the form of higher compensation, and why this is more pronounced in some countries than in others. This study thus provides an overview of the extent and underlying factors of wage-productivity decoupling with a focus on the EU-CEE11 countries. In general, the results reveal strong cross-country variation in the amount and underlying reasons for decoupling. Further, we find that the extent of decoupling within the EU-CEE11 is strongly related to the industry structures of these countries, as it is mostly a phenomenon which occurs in countries that have followed an export- and manufacturing-focused development path, while other countries have experienced “reverse decoupling”. We provide further insights into this finding by contrasting productivity and compensation developments in industry and construction with those in the service sector and by looking at each EU-CEE11 country individually.
650 _aLabour productivity
650 _acompensation
650 _awages
650 _aeconomic growth
650 _awage inequality
650 _alabour share
651 _aNew EU Member States
690 _aMacroeconomic Analysis and Policy
690 _aLabour, Migration and Income Distribution
830 0 _v448
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_twiiw Research Reports
856 4 0 _uhttps://wiiw.ac.at/p-5356.html
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