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Table 3 Percentage of firms having cut non-base wage components in 2010–2013 by sector and size

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

 

Unconditional

Conditional on having faced

Negative shocks (either strong or moderate)

At least one strong negative shock

Only strong negative shocks

Sector

 Manufacturing

10.7

16.1

24.0

40.1

 Electricity, gas

3.6

6.6

29.5

 

 Construction

15.0

20.0

28.2

43.8

 Trade

14.8

20.5

23.6

41.2

 Business service

13.3

17.6

25.0

40.3

 Financial intermediation

18.2

31.4

37.8

64.6

Size

 5–19 employees

12.7

16.3

22.9

39.6

 20–49 employees

11.9

16.7

25.7

38.6

 50–199 employees

12.0

16.6

23.6

36.5

 > 200 employees

14.1

20.7

27.1

48.5

Non-euro area

12.3

26.1

33.4

39.3

Euro area

13.4

22.2

30.5

35.2

Collective agreement

14.4

23.1

30.6

33.6

No collective agreement

11.2

22.1

30.0

39.0

Wage index. on inflation

10.8

19.4

28.6

29.7

No wage indexation

13.2

22.5

30.7

33.6

Total

13.0

18.2

25.0

41.4

  1. WDN3, authors’ calculation. As in Table 2