Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/55079 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5998
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This article presents a study of the influences on the factors that shape wage adjustments. The cost of living, comparability with other firms' wages, the fulfilment of collective agreements at sector level, the need to recruit and retain employees, the performance of the organisation, and the climate of industrial relations are included as factors of interest. The analysis was carried out using a sample of Spanish manufacturing plants. Our results show that the structural characteristics of the establishment such as its size or foreign ownership, as well as the wage setting arrangements and trade unions, play a role in explaining the importance of the factors mentioned in shaping wage adjustments. The human resource management policies adopted by the employer seem to be less relevant, although the qualification of workers and the use of pay for performance have a significant impact on the process of wage adjustment.
Subjects: 
pay settlements
collective bargaining
wage negotiation
JEL: 
J30
J40
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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