First published in 1999, this volume recognises that in the course of European integration, national economic policy makers lose some effective policy instruments. Contributors to this omnibus volume analyse the 'room for maneuvering' available to national and EU economic and social policies under the conditions of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). They explore the possibilities for European coordination and discuss the tasks of employers' associations and labour unions on the national and EU level in wage, employment and macroeconomic policies. Section 1 of the book deals with the strengths and weaknesses of the EU in the context of global competition. In spite of national differences, many of the EU member countries share important characteristics. Section 2 addresses the need for and the feasibility of policy coordination in the EMU. With the start of the EMU, wage policy will have to bear the main burden of absorbing asymmetrical economic shocks. The authors from the DIW argue that a wage policy favourable to economic growth, employment and convergence has to be guided by the inflation target set by the European Central Bank (ECB) and by the long-term increase of productivity in individual countries. A precondition for this kind of wage policy is coordination between the main actors of EU economic policy (ECB, EcoFin, social partners).

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Publisher

Routledge

Year

2018

ISBN

9780429767814

Edition

Topic

Economics

Subtopic

Political Economy

Index

Economics

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Graphs
List of Contributors
Preface
1. Does a European Social Model Exist and Can It Survive?
2. Adapting the European Model: the Role of Employers’ Associations and Trade Unions
3. European Macro-Economic Policy
4. Is There a Need for a Co-ordinated European Wage and Labour Market Policy?
5. Societal Support for Social Dialogue. Europe’s Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations
6. Wage-setting Institutions and European Monetary Union
7. Reforming the Channels of Representation for an Eventual Euro-democracy
8. The Role of the Associations in a European Constitution
9. Summary of the Conference
10. Conclusions by the Arbeitskreis für ökonomische und soziologische Studien