Faut-il régionaliser la négociation salariale ?
Robert Deschamps
At first glance, the collective wage bargaining process in
Belgium, being carried at the national level, could be blamed for the
persistent high unemployment rate in the Walloon Region, while a process per
Region would lead to differentiated wage increases leading towards lower wages
in the Walloon Region and therefore less unemployment. The paper shows that
such a reasoning is too short as, when lower labor costs would be welcome in
the Walloon Region to create more jobs, it is unlikely that the higher
unemployment rate would lead towards wage moderation. In addition, regional
bargaining could eventually backfire, through spillover effects on Social
Security.
Keywords :
wage bargaining, Belgium, unemployment, social security.
• 1. ARGUMENTATION EN FAVEUR DE LA RÉGIONALISATION DE LA NÉGOCIATION
SALARIALE
• 2. QUE PENSER DE CET ARGUMENTAIRE ?
• 3. SYSTÈME ACTUEL DE NÉGOCIATION SALARIALE
• 4. EFFETS SUR L’EMPLOI ET LES SALAIRES DE LA RÉGIONALISATION DE LA
NÉGOCIATION SALARIALE
• 5. CONSÉQUENCES INSTITUTIONNELLES, EN PARTICULIER POUR LA SÉCURITÉ
SOCIALE
• 6. CONCLUSION
• RÉFÉRENCES