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THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL WAGE AGREEMENTS *
Author(s) -
Elliott R. F.,
Steele R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.1976.tb00036.x
Subject(s) - earnings , negotiation , wage , industrial relations , economics , labour economics , political science , accounting , law , management
It is a commonplace of the literature on labour economics and industrial relations that the post‐war period has seen the emergence of a substantial gap between minimum or standard wage rates agreed in official industry‐wide negotiations and actual earnings in the workplace throughout many leading sectors of the economy.