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Table 7 Country specific questions: share of employees earning the minimum wage

From: How do firms adjust to rises in the minimum wage? Survey evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Country

Question

Measurement

Period

BG

What was the percentage of employees receiving the minimum wage and secured at the minimum insurance threshold in your company at the end of 2013?

  

% of employees receiving the minimum wage

%

At the end of 2013

% of secured at the minimum insurance threshold

%

At the end of 2013

EE

What was the percentage of employees receiving the minimum wage in your company before the increase in the minimum wage on 1 January 2014 and what was the percentage after?

%

Before 01/01/2014

%

After 01/01/2014

HU

What was the percentage of employees receiving the minimum wage in your company before the increase in the minimum wage (Jan 2012) and what was the percentage after?

  

% of employees receiving the minimum wage before the change in the minimum wage

%

Before 01/01/2012

% of employees receiving the minimum wage after the change in the minimum wage

%

After 01/01/2012

LT

What was the percentage of employees receiving the minimum wage in your company before the increase in the minimum wage in January 2013 and what was the percentage after?

%

Before 01/01/2013

%

After 01/01/2013

LV

What was the percentage of employees receiving the minimum wage in your company before the increase in the minimum wage on 1 January 2014 and what was the percentage after?

%

Before 01/01/2014

%

After 01/01/2014

PL

What was the percentage of employees receiving the minimum wage and secured at the minimum insurance threshold in your company at the end of 2013?

%

At the end of 2013

RO

What was the percentage of your employees earning the minimum wage in 2013?

%

In 2013

SI

What percentage of the employees received minimum wage:

  

Before the adoption of the new minimum wage legislation

%

Before 23/02/2010

After the adoption of the new minimum wage legislation

%

After 23/02/2010

SK

What was the percentage of your employees earning the minimum wage in 2013?

%

In 2013

  1. Source: WDN3 survey