[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Feu-sources-income-distribution-and-wages-may-20-2015":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":9,"path":10,"content_type":11,"locale":12,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":13,"page_created_at":14,"published_at":13,"edit_url":15,"breadcrumbs":16,"seo":29,"body_blocks":37,"call_to_action":43,"categories":50,"labels":51,"owner":7,"authors":52,"related_pages":53,"related_sites":54,"in_subsite":55,"contact_page_url":56,"banner_message":57},9734,"eu-sources-income-distribution-and-wages-may-20-2015","EU sources -Income distribution and wages -May 20, 2015",null,"Increasing evidence that employment protection legislation has no impact on unemployment rates.","","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Feu-sources-income-distribution-and-wages-may-20-2015","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:17:35.568245+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F9734\u002Fedit\u002F",[17,20,23,26,28],{"title":18,"slug":19},"World of Work","work",{"title":21,"slug":22},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":24,"slug":25},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":27,"slug":27},"2015",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":12,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Feu-sources-income-distribution-and-wages-may-20-2015\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:23:00.995608+01:00",[38],{"type":39,"data":40},"raw_html_block",{"content":41,"variant":42},"\u003Cp>The European Progressive Observatory has published a policy brief that summarises facts and figures related to income distribution and wages. The main transformations initiated at the end of the 1970s have involved changes in monetary and fiscal policies and rules, and profound institutional changes in labour market regulations and the role of trade unions. The combination of the high unemployment generated by the changes in macroeconomic policies, and the institutional changes weakening collective wage bargaining and deregulating labour markets have impaired wages growth. According to mainstream economics, such changes in distribution and labour markets institutions should have led to lower unemployment. However, this has not been the case in the Eurozone, neither before nor after the crisis. There is increasing evidence that employment protection legislation has no impact on unemployment rates across countries and periods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.queries-feps.eu\u002Frecent-and-long-term-trends-in-income-distribution-and-wages\u002F\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.queries-feps.eu\u002Frecent-and-long-term-trends-in-income-distribution-and-wages\u002F\u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. For previous issues of the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">Collective bargaining newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> please visit \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">, and on the AIAS at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":44,"link":45},"Contact us",{"title":44,"url":46,"description":44,"rel":47,"type":48,"id":49},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]