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Sweden: A Minimum Wage Model in Need of Modification?

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Skedinger, Per () (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN))

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Swedish minimum wages are not regulated by law, but subject to bargaining between employers and trade unions and form part of collective agreements. This paper provides an overview of the Swedish minimum wage system, its characteristics and effects on employment and wages, and also discusses the challenges to the model represented by increasing low-wage competition from new EU member states and the verdict in the Laval case, related to this process and the first of its kind in post-enlargement EU.

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Paper provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics in its series Working Paper Series with number 774.

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Length: 32 pages
Date of creation: 28 Oct 2008
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Handle: RePEc:hhs:iuiwop:0774

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Keywords: Minimum wages; Low-wage competition; Laval case;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J52 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Dispute Resolution: Strikes, Arbitration, and Mediation
J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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