The aim of this project is to provide information about the levels and differentiation of minimum wages in Sweden, examine the effects of minimum wages on employment and other outcomes.
| Project manager: |
Per Skedinger |
Very little is known about the complex minimum wage systems in the countries where minimum wages are set through collective bargaining between employers and unions, i.e., the Scandinavian countries, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. The aim of this project is to provide information about the levels and differentiation of minimum wages in Sweden, examine the effects of minimum wages on employment and other outcomes and to discuss possible consequences of increasing competition from low-wage countries, including the new EU member states.
Specifically, the project considers the effects of minimum wages on employment in the retail industry as well as the impact of minimum wages on the labour market performance of refugee immigrants.
Period: 2005-
Publications
Scientific articles
Skedinger, Per (2010), ”Sweden: A Minimum Wage Model in Need of Modification”, in Vaughan-Whitehead, D (ed), “The Minimum Wage Revisited in the Enlarged EU”, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, US.
Skedinger, Per (2006), "Minimum wages and employment in Swedish hotels and restaurants," Labour Economics, vol. 13, s. 259–290.
Working Papers and reports in Swedish
Skedinger, Per (2012). Låglönekonkurrens och lönereglering. IFN Policy Paper nr 58.
Skedinger, Per (2012). Minimilöner i tjänstesektorn. I Jordahl, Henrik (red.), Den svenska tjänstesektorn. Studentlitteratur, Lund.
Skedinger, Per (2012). Minimilöner i EU – särlösningar eller gemensam reglering? Under utgivning i Bakardjieva–Engelbrekt, A, Oxelheim, L och Persson, T, (red.), Arbetslöshet, migrationspolitik och nationalism – hot mot EU:s sammanhållning? Europaperspektiv. Santérus Förlag.
Skedinger, Per (2012). Tudelad trygghet. Under utgivning i Pettersson, L–O och Teodorescu, A (red.), Jobben kommer och går – behovet av trygghet består. Ekerlids Förlag, Stockholm.
Skedinger, Per och Magnus Carlsson (2011). Reglering eller diskriminering – vad hindrar etablering? FORES Studie 2011:4, FORES, Stockholm.
Skedinger, Per (2011). "Effects of Increasing Minimum Wages on Employment and Hours: Evidence from Sweden’s Retail Sector." IFN Working Paper nr 869.
Skedinger, Per (2008). En exkluderande arbetsmarknadsmodell? Den svenska arbetsmarknadens trösklar i ett globalt perspektiv. Underlagsrapport nr 24 till Globaliseringsrådet, Utbildningsdepartementet, Stockholm.
Skedinger, Per (2007). "The design and effects of collectively agreed minimum wages: Evidence from Sweden," IFN Working Paper nr. 700.
Skedinger, Per (2005). "Hur höga är minimilönerna?" IFAU Rapport 2005:18, IFAU, Uppsala.
Articles in Swedish journals
Skedinger, Per (2007), "Minimilöners effekter på löner och sysselsättning - en översikt," Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, Vol. 13, No. 2.
Skedinger, Per (2006), "Svenska minimilöner i den globaliserade ekonomin," Ekonomisk Debatt, Vol. 34, No. 4, 63-77.
Working Papers and reports in Swedish
Skedinger, Per (2012). Låglönekonkurrens och lönereglering. IFN Policy Paper nr 58.
Skedinger, Per (2012). Minimilöner i tjänstesektorn. I Jordahl, Henrik (red.), Den svenska tjänstesektorn. Studentlitteratur, Lund.
Skedinger, Per (2012). Minimilöner i EU – särlösningar eller gemensam reglering? Under utgivning i Bakardjieva–Engelbrekt, A, Oxelheim, L och Persson, T, (red.), Arbetslöshet, migrationspolitik och nationalism – hot mot EU:s sammanhållning? Europaperspektiv. Santérus Förlag.
Skedinger, Per (2012). Tudelad trygghet. Under utgivning i Pettersson, L–O och Teodorescu, A (red.), Jobben kommer och går – behovet av trygghet består. Ekerlids Förlag, Stockholm.
Skedinger, Per och Magnus Carlsson (2011). Reglering eller diskriminering – vad hindrar etablering? FORES Studie 2011:4, FORES, Stockholm.
Skedinger, Per (2011). "Effects of Increasing Minimum Wages on Employment and Hours: Evidence from Sweden’s Retail Sector." IFN Working Paper nr 869.
Skedinger, Per (2008). En exkluderande arbetsmarknadsmodell? Den svenska arbetsmarknadens trösklar i ett globalt perspektiv. Underlagsrapport nr 24 till Globaliseringsrådet, Utbildningsdepartementet, Stockholm.
Skedinger, Per (2007). "The design and effects of collectively agreed minimum wages: Evidence from Sweden," IFN Working Paper nr. 700.
Skedinger, Per (2005). "Hur höga är minimilönerna?" IFAU Rapport 2005:18, IFAU, Uppsala.
Articles in Swedish journals
Skedinger, Per (2007), "Minimilöners effekter på löner och sysselsättning - en översikt," Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, Vol. 13, No. 2.
Skedinger, Per (2006), "Svenska minimilöner i den globaliserade ekonomin," Ekonomisk Debatt, Vol. 34, No. 4, 63-77.