Important role for minimum wages in Central and Eastern Europe

Europe

(October 2016)This new report from the ETUI research organisation argues that, for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), minimum wages are an effective tool for reducing inequality by raising the lowest incomes. The working paper also says that while minimum wages can have a limited role in increasing productivity and wage levels, they really need to be accompanied by a stronger role for collective bargaining in CEE countries.

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