Labour Market Institutions and Wage Bargaining

Workshop at the Berlin School of Economics Berlin in Cooperation with the International Labour Organisation

Wednesday 06-04-11

14.00 - 14.10 Welcome Frank Hoffer (ILO)

Hansjörg Herr (Berlin School of Economics and Law)

14.10 - 15.00 xxxxxx

Partick Belser (ILO)

15.00 - 15.50 Labour market institutions, wage bargaining and price level changes

Hansjörg Herr (Berlin School of Economics and Law)

15.50 -16.10 Coffee Break

16.10- 17.00 Wage Bargaining in Germany

Frank Zach (DGB (German Union Federation) and GLU Alumni)

17.00 – 17.50 The impact of the financial crisis on the Euro zone Trevor Evans (Berlin School of Economic and Law)

Thursday 07-04-11

9.00 – 9.50 China’s Minimum Wage System and Transitional Industrial Relations

Max Zenglein (German Commercial Chamber China)

9.50 – 10.40 Wage development and minimum wages in Europe

Milka Kazandziska (Berlin School of Economics and Law)

10.40 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 11.50 The NAIRU and wage bargaining

Eckhard Hein (Berlin School of Economics and Law)

11.50 – 12.30 Elements of a future union strategy

Frank Hoffer (ILO)