The dog that barks doesn’t bite: coverage and compliance of sectoral minimum wages in Italy

Table 1 Hourly sectoral minimum wages (nominal euros per hour and Kaitz index), 2008–2015

Year	Hourly minimum wages (average across sectors)	Kaitz (% of the median)	Minimum of the minima	Maximum of the minima	Median LFS
2008	7.99	74.62	6.55	12.27	10.71
2009	8.22	74.88	6.65	12.43	10.97
2010	8.46	75.13	6.73	12.43	11.26
2011	8.91	78.35	6.89	12.49	11.37
2012	9.06	76.07	6.91	12.76	11.91
2013	9.22	76.20	7.12	13.04	12.10
2014	9.32	80.53	7.29	13.41	11.57
2015	9.41	79.95	7.47	13.89	11.77

Note: The Kaitz is computed as the average of the sectoral minimum wages over the national median. Source: Author’s calculation on ISTAT negotiated wages database and the Labour Force Survey