Analyses minimum wage developments in the last ten years or so in 14 of the EU-27 countries and in Turkey. Considers …

middle class, this book assesses the specific situation in each individual EU member state on the basis of detailed …

Contents: 1. Convergence in the EU: what role for industrial relations? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez …-Alvarez -- 2. Social convergence of the Baltic states within the enlarged EU: is limited social dialogue an impediment? / Jaan … Christine Erhel -- 5. Does the German social model support the convergence of living conditions in the EU? / Gerhard Bosch -- 6 …

scope within the enlarged EU, and address the question of whether there should be harmonization between the individual … member states or even a common EU minimum wage. They also examine the impact of the minimum wage at the national level …1. Minimum wage revival in the enlarged EU: explanatory factors and developments / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead -- 2 …