1. World Wide WageIndicator meeting June 23rd 2006, Workshop 5; 11. 30-12
Collective bargaining coverage First results from 7 countries Reinhard Bispinck/Heiner Dribbusch

2. Bargaining coverage by country

3. Collective bargaining coverage in %
Sector BE FI DE NL PL ES UK
Average
Manufacturing
82.4
91.6
66.0
80.6
14.4
73.6
24.7
61.9
Construction
69.0
88.6
48.3
93.0
0.0
57.7
12.9
52.8
Wholesale retail
63.9
83.7
51.8
82.0
5.4
59.5
51.5
Financial Services
88.1
95.2
79.0
70.2
5.5
90.6
26.1
64.9
Public sector
61.7
96.3
85.9
96.5
8.6
84.4
85.4
74.1
Total
76.7
88.4
61.0
80.1
13.6
71.5
32.2

4. Collective bargaining coverage

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9. Collective bargaining coverage

10. Collective bargaining coverage

11. Average hourly wages in Euro by bargaining coverage

12. Bargaining coverage by gender

13. Gender pay gap in % BE FI DE NL PL ES UK Manufacturing -21.3 -10.1
-22.9
-23.5
-17.8
-12.3
-15.7
Construction
-12.6
-20.3
-14.5
-2.0
-17.6
-26.1
Wholesale, retail
-17.0
-16.3
-18.8
-24.9
-29.2
-30.7
-11.1
Financial services
-27.7
-18.9
-20.7
-26.7
-32.6
-18.7
Public sector
-19.3
-15.6
-20.5
-5.9
-1.0
Total
-22.5
-20.8
-24.3
-22.1
-14.4

14. Summary of results
Bargaining coverage differs significantly between countries
It peaks in the public sector (including education and health care) (PL being the exception)
Peak coverages also in utilities and manufacturing (UK the exception in the latter)
Higher wages under a collective agreement (NL and PL the exception)
No significant differences in bargaining coverage by gender
Significant gender pay gaps (by far the lowest in the UK)

15. Questions for further research
How does wage indicator bargaining coverage compare to data from other sources?
Which factors may explain the huge differences in sectoral bargaining coverage between countries?
How are our data influenced by a specific profile of the national sample?
How to weight our data?