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Summary information

Study title

Wage Rounds Data, 1950-1975

Creator

Elliott, R. F., University of Aberdeen, Department of Political Economy

Study number / PID

1264 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1264-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To investigate the role of national wage settlements in the process of wage inflation.
Main Topics:

Variables
Settlements: title of agreement, date of implementation, date of settlement, standard weekly hours, time rate of minimum earnings level, basic weekly/hourly wage of top male/semi-skilled male/bottom male/female, arbitration, Government intervention, staged settlement code, cost of living clause.
Agreements: title, main order heading, bargaining system at 1950/1973, date of change from one bargaining system to another, trade unions involved and operation dates, geographical area covered at 1950/1973, date of change of geographical area covered, number of workers covered at dates 1950, 1955, 1965, 1970, 1975, wage rate as percentage of standard weekly earnings, source of wage rate information.
Retail Price Index: year/week of observation, RPI all items/foods/all except foods/all except seasonal foods.

Topics

Labour relations/conflict

Keywords

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTSCOLLECTIVE BARGAININGCOST OF LIVINGEMPLOYERSARBITRATIONOCCUPATIONSRETAIL PRICE INDEXTRADE UNIONSWAGES

Methodology

Data collection period

01/09/1973 - 01/09/1976

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Wage settlements
National

Universe

Wage settlements

Sampling procedure

No information recorded

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1981

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Elliott, R. and Shelton, H. (1978) 'A wage settlements index for the UK, 1950-1975', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 303-319
  • Elliott, R. and Steele, R. (1976) 'The importance of national wage agreements', British Journal of Industrial Relations, 43-55
  • Elliott, R. (1976) 'The national wage round in the UK: a sceptical view', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 179-201
  • Elliott, R. (1977) 'Public sector wage movement: 1950-1973', Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 133-151
  • Shelton, H. and Elliott, R. (1978) The determinants of wage changes in the UK: a model of the size and frequency of settlements, [Working paper]..
  • Fallick, J. and Elliott, R. (1974) Pay in the Public Sectors, London: Macmillan.
  • Fallick, J. and Elliott, R. (1979) 'Pay differentials in perspective: a note on manual and non-manual pay over the period 1951 - 1975', Economic Journal , 377-384
  • Steele, R. (1979) 'The relative performance of the wages council and non-wages council sectors and the impact of incomes policy', British Journal of Industrial Relations
  • Shelton, H. and Elliott, R. (1979) The Intersectoral Determinants of the Size and Timing of Wage Settlements, [Working paper]..