• 노동경제논집
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.73-105
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 최저임금 산입범위를 고려하여 산정한 최저임금에 해당하는 노동자의 비율이 임금노동자들의 노동시간과 노동소득에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 분석 결과 산업 내 최저임금 영향자의 비율이 1%p 늘어날 때 최저임금에 영향을 받는 노동자들의 월평균 노동시간은 약 1.3시간 줄어들며, 월평균 급여는 약 1.4만 원 줄어드는 결과를 보였다. 이러한 분석 결과는 기업이 최저임금에 적용을 받는 노동자들의 노동시간을 조정함으로써 최저임금 인상으로 인한 노동비용의 상승을 상쇄하려는 시도를 할 수 있고, 이는 오히려 최저임금의 적용을 받는 노동자들의 노동소득을 감소시키는 결과를 초래할 수 있음을 보인 것이다.

• World Technopolis Review
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.192-205
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• 2012

Globalization has fuelled the desire for simplicity and flexibility in rules and processes within nations. de Soto (2000) calls for the simplification of rules to enable people to join the formal economy. Friedman (2005) echoes the need for simpler rules, to attract business and capital. Market-based approaches to governing have been adopted in many nations due to globalization. Recent developments demonstrate that such approaches fail. Globalization may lead to impoverishment in the absence of proper forms of governance (Cooney 2000). That is why it has the tendency to become a "race to the bottom." Regulatory measures can be costly, and the costs of doing business are uneven across nations. This unevenness is being used as a comparative advantage. Others call this regulatory competition (Smith-Bozek 2007) or competitive governance (Schachtel and Sahmel 2000), which is similar to the model of Charles Tiebout. Collaborative governance is an approach that governments could use in lieu of the competitive method. Mechanisms that enable stakeholders to exchange information, harmonize activities, share resources, and enhance capacities (Himmelman 2002) are needed. Philippine public policy encourages a shift in modes of realizing labor market governance outcomes from command to collaboration (Sale and Bool 2010B; Sale 2011). Is labor market governance and regional development in the Philippines collaborative? Or is the opposite - competitive governance (Tiebout model) - more evident? What is the dominant approach? This preliminary research tackles these questions by looking at recent data on average and minimum wages, wage differentials, trade union density, collective bargaining coverage, small and bigger enterprises, employment, unemployment and underemployment, inflation, poverty incidence, labor productivity, family income, among others, across regions of the country. The issue is studied in the context of legal origins. Cultural explanations are broached.