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Table 2 Percentage of firms having cut non-base wage components in 2010–2013 by country

From: Non-base wage components as a source of wage adaptability to shocks: evidence from European firms, 2010–2013

Country

Unconditional

Conditional on having faced

Negative shocks (either strong or moderate)

At least one strong negative shock

Only strong negative shocks

AT

6.1

6.1

9.0

 

BE

2.8

2.9

3.1

 

BG

21.1

34.1

42.9

44.1

CY

52.2

63.4

64.7

52.4

CZ

21.6

32.1

43.7

70.4

DE

4.3

6.7

14.6

58.9

EE

5.8

18.5

40.3

 

ES

23.7

28.4

22.3

26.7

FR

12.1

13.8

17.9

35.7

GR

50.9

53.8

59.2

72.7

HR

24.2

33.4

42.3

86.4

HU

20.0

28.5

33.1

51.7

IE

27.7

39.4

49.3

58.6

IT

19.9

22.4

28.4

53.0

LT

11.2

19.0

35.1

74.5

LU

15.5

23.5

29.7

 

LV

10.6

24.0

45.5

26.7

MT

0.4

1.0

5.6

 

NL

28.1

35.5

37.4

48.3

PL

11.8

11.6

24.0

16.5

PT

21.7

25.3

30.2

40.3

RO

11.2

20.6

30.1

49.0

SI

30.4

35.1

44.5

61.9

SK

17.4

20.6

23.9

46.2

UK

9.3

14.9

14.7

 

Total

13.0

18.2

25.0

41.4

  1. WDN3, authors’ calculation. The shocks considered are change in demand, customers’ ability to pay and access to external finance. The data are weighted to reflect overall employment in the country and rescaled to exclude non-response