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he debate on 'The Dynamics of Wage Relations in the New Europe' is an T offspring of a research project on 'Disparities in Wage Relations and the Reproduction of Skills in Europe'. At a meeting of the advisory committee for this research held at the University of Westminster in London on 14th November 1994, it was decided (by Linda Clarke,]orn]anssen, Henryk Lewandowski, Philippe Mehaut, Patrick Rozenblatt and Frank Wilkinson) to set up a larger international committee to develop a programme and seek funding from the European Commission for a symposium of experts on wage relations. This committee of ten scientific experts was formed and invited to a number of meetings throughout 1995 and 1996 by DG V of the European Commission in order to develop a programme and proposal for a symposium to take place in 1997. Eventually the proposal, formally submitted by University of Westminster/London, University ofMaastrichti Netherlands, Fachhochschule Dortmund/Germany and University of Osnabriick/ Germany was accepted by the European Commission in May 1996. Additional funding was then obtained from the Hans-Bockler-Stiftung and the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research allowing, in particular, participants from Central and East European countries to be invited. The subject of wage relations, as a central issue of European social policy, was intended to be tackled in an open debate between scientists and policy makers, the latter as individual experts rather than representatives.
Contents
Wage relations and European wage policy.- Introduction: The transformation of wage labour and the state.- The national and EU-state in the regulation of wages and the composition of the wage package.- Legal origins of wage labour: the evolution of the contract of employment from industrialisation to the welfare state.- Changing wage orders: France 1900-1995.- The anatomy of labour cost.- Social security contributions, earmarked taxes and wage earner savings in the financing of social protection: a comparison of the British and French systems.- A financial reform of the welfare system: reforms are overdue.- Negotiated wage growth in Hungary.- The wage crunch in Central and Eastern Europe: past effects and future risks Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead.- Introduction: Disparities in wage relations and social reproduction.- Occupational and wage hierarchies: an historic turning point.- Wages systems and social systems Discussion.- Wages and living standards in the Central and East European countries.- Migrant labour and equal pay for equal work in Europe.- Wages as a reflection of socially embedded production and reproduction processes.- The restructuring of the family wage system, wage relations and gender.- Recent changes in wage forms and the reproduction of the social structure: the underlying issues.- Introduction: Welfare effects of market deregulation and changing work organisation — some unresolved issues.- The impact of labour market regulation on economic performance: a review.- Systemic competition between high and low 'social cost' labour: a case study of the UK construction industry.- Cooperation, the organisation of work and competitiveness.- Alternative work systems and the competitive process.- Post-Fordism and managerial strategies in France.- Pay structureand competitiveness.- Summary of the discussion.- Contributors.
