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Asia: A Comparative Perspective

In: Minimum Wages, Collective Bargaining and Economic Development in Asia and Europe

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  • Maarten Klaveren

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In this chapter, we set out the characteristics of the eight Asian countries (China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam) scrutinized in the following chapters. The focus is on minimum wages (MWs), collective bargaining and economic development. We start by positioning the countries according to their gross domestic product (GDP) per capita ranking and growth rates since 2000. In section 1.2, we explore the patterns and differences in inequality and informality. In particular, we focus on the development of the wage or labour share and the personal income distribution coming through in the last decade. Section 1.3 covers MWs and collective bargaining, as well as the linkage with social security systems.

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  • Maarten Klaveren, 2015. "Asia: A Comparative Perspective," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Maarten Klaveren & Denis Gregory & Thorsten Schulten (ed.), Minimum Wages, Collective Bargaining and Economic Development in Asia and Europe, chapter 1, pages 1-18, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-51242-0_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137512420_1
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    Cited by:

    1. Marco de Pinto, 2015. "Firm-level versus Sector-level Trade Unions – The Role of Rent-Sharing Motives," IAAEU Discussion Papers 201508, Institute of Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU).
    2. Georg Adam, 2020. "Zur Dynamik der Arbeitsbeziehungen in vier EU-Mitgliedsländern (Finnland, Portugal, Rumänienund Slowenien): Ursachen und Auswirkungen," Working Paper Reihe der AK Wien - Materialien zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft 198, Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien, Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Statistik.

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