The dog that barks doesn’t bite: coverage and compliance of sectoral minimum wages in Italy

Andrea Garnero

ULB Institutional Repository from ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Abstract: Abstract: This paper provides a comprehensive portrait of the level and compliance with sectoral minimum wages in Italy between 2008 and 2015. The results show that wage floors in Italy are relatively high both in absolute terms and relative to the median wage. However, non-compliance rates are not negligible: on average, around 10% of workers are paid 20% less than the minimum wage established in their reference collective agreement. Non-compliance is particularly high in the South and in micro and small firms, and it affects especially women and temporary workers. Overall, wages in the bottom of the distribution appear to be largely unaffected by minimum wage increases. More effective enforcement practices are therefore needed to safeguard a level playing field for firms and ensure that minimum wage increases are effectively reflected in pay increases for workers at the bottom of the distribution. JEL Classification: J08, J31, J52, J83.

Keywords: Collective bargaining; Compliance; Minimum wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12
Note: SCOPUS: ar.j
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy (2018) v.7 n° 1

Downloads: (external link)
https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/268484/1/doi_252111.pdf Full text for the whole work, or for a work part (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/268484

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
http://hdl.handle.ne ... lb.ac.be:2013/268484

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in ULB Institutional Repository from ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Benoit Pauwels ().