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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · 8d

🚨🚨New up-to-date data on employer organisations, trade union membership and collective bargaining coverage, as well as minimum wage setting mechanisms for 55 countries 👇👇

OECD Social @oecdsocial.bsky.social · 8d

📊 #TradeUnion density in OECD countries has fallen from 30% in 1985 to 15% in 2024.

#CollectiveBargaining coverage has also declined, while employer organisation membership remains stable.

New OECD Policy Brief explores the trends 👉 oe.cd/6cz

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OECD Social @oecdsocial.bsky.social · 8d

📊 #TradeUnion density in OECD countries has fallen from 30% in 1985 to 15% in 2024.

#CollectiveBargaining coverage has also declined, while employer organisation membership remains stable.

New OECD Policy Brief explores the trends 👉 oe.cd/6cz

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great news indeed!

Pietro Biroli @pietrobiroli.bsky.social · Aug 20

The IZA network @iza.org will survive!!

That's such great news. Moving to Luxemburg and joining @liser.lu

I don't know details and backend stories, but I see a bright opportunity ahead

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Pietro Biroli @pietrobiroli.bsky.social · Aug 20

The IZA network @iza.org will survive!!

That's such great news. Moving to Luxemburg and joining @liser.lu

I don't know details and backend stories, but I see a bright opportunity ahead

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OECD Social @oecdsocial.bsky.social · May 30

📢 Our May newsletter is out now! Check out the latest analysis and upcoming events on health, employment, migration and social affairs here: oe.cd/63P

Interested in our future editions❓ Subscribe here: oe.cd/63Q

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · May 27

Parole importanti del Pres Orsini sui salari stamattina. Confindustria potrebbe trincerarsi (è successo in passato) dietro al fatto che le proprie aziende già pagano meglio delle altre. Invece riconosce un “problema nazionale” a cui sente di contribuire. Una sfida da raccogliere.

Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · May 26

Prossimo appuntamento con #laquestionesalariale lunedì prossimo, 2 giugno, al Festival dell’economia si Torino con Eva Giovannini, Giorgio Airaudo, Giulia Tancredi e Roberto Mania al bellissimo Circolo dei lettori! Garantito che non vi annoierete! 😃

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · May 16

Bella, viva e partecipata presentazione de #laquestionesalariale ieri a Roma. Il libro si legge come un giallo, ha detto Nunzia Penelope. Ma non c’è un assassino. Come sull’orient express la mano è di tutti. Più che deresponsabilizzare questo dà a tutti la possibilità di agire.

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · May 7

Ci vediamo a Roma giovedì prossimo per parlare de #laquestionesalariale?

📅 Giovedì 15 maggio ⏰ ore 17
📍 AREL – Piazza S. Andrea della Valle 6, Roma

🎙️Con Elsa Fornero, Giorgio Graziani, Enrico Letta e Roberto Mania moderati da Nunzia Penelope.

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Apr 24

Per la #GiornataDelLibro 📚 ecco alcuni dei libri che hanno ispirato il dialogo su #laquestionesalariale con Roberto Mania. Da Bocca ad Accornero fino a opere più recenti. Ogni pagina letta, anche quelle che ho condiviso di meno, mi ha fatto pensare. Grazie!

OECD Social @oecdsocial.bsky.social · Apr 14

UPDATE: New data on public social spending. On average, OECD countries spent 21% of their GDP on public social spending in 2024.

Compare your country and discover more data insights with OECD’s Social Expenditure Database ➡️ oe.cd/5-m

#SocialSpending #SocialPolicy #OECD

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Apr 4

Ricca recensione de #LaQuestioneSalariale sulla #Domenica del Sole 24 Ore. Mi ha colpito la sottolineatura che non si tratta di un libro con "soluzioni incorporate". È così! Non volevamo un "libro a tesi". Serve piuttosto un metodo e continuità per avanzare.

Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Apr 4

📺Il punto di Paolo Pagliaro riprende alcuni dei messaggi de #laquestionesalariale
🔗 www.la7.it/otto-e-mezzo...
#La7 #ottoemezzo

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Mar 24

#laquestionesalariale

ANSA @mm-ansa-bot.bsky.social · Mar 24

I salari reali in Italia sono inferiori di 8,7 punti sul 2008. Ma +2,3% nel 2024
E' il risult...
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/economia/2025/03/24/i-salari-reali-in-italia-sono-inferiori-di-87-punti-su-2008_4c0f02ec-07bb-4e44-91b5-c1657acac9d9.html

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ANSA @mm-ansa-bot.bsky.social · Mar 24

I salari reali in Italia sono inferiori di 8,7 punti sul 2008. Ma +2,3% nel 2024
E' il risult...
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/economia/2025/03/24/i-salari-reali-in-italia-sono-inferiori-di-87-punti-su-2008_4c0f02ec-07bb-4e44-91b5-c1657acac9d9.html

Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Mar 21

Today is the day! Da oggi in libreria!

#laquestionesalariale

Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Mar 14

📢 Venerdì 21 marzo esce un piccolo #libro su un grande tema, la questione salariale italiana.

📉 Con Roberto Mania abbiamo provato a capire come mai i redditi da lavoro in #Italia siano fermi dagli anni Novanta e come si inverte la rotta.

📖 In pre-ordine in libreria e online 👉 lnkd.in/dwfd8Hdt

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Mar 14

📢 Venerdì 21 marzo esce un piccolo #libro su un grande tema, la questione salariale italiana.

📉 Con Roberto Mania abbiamo provato a capire come mai i redditi da lavoro in #Italia siano fermi dagli anni Novanta e come si inverte la rotta.

📖 In pre-ordine in libreria e online 👉 lnkd.in/dwfd8Hdt

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OECD Social @oecdsocial.bsky.social · Mar 13

#RealWages are now rising in almost all OECD countries, but in two-thirds of them, workers still haven’t regained the purchasing power lost since early 2021.

See the latest trends: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · Feb 28

"This shift [to inheritocracy] has alarming economic and social consequences, because it imperils not just the meritocratic ideal, but capitalism itself. ... It creates a rentier class that faces a series of bad incentives." www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Feb 28

Very unsettling indeed

Olaf Storbeck @olafstorbeck.ft.com · Feb 26

Deutsche Post Foundation is closing down IZA Institute of Labour Economics. This will be a “very serious loss” for economics research in Europe, economics Nobel laureate David Card us, warning that it will have “a very negative impact on younger scholars”. www.ft.com/content/cb7a...

Economists condemn move to close IZA think-tank

Bonn-based network will be disbanded in December after financial backer Deutsche Post Foundation pulls out

www.ft.com

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Olaf Storbeck @olafstorbeck.ft.com · Feb 26

Deutsche Post Foundation is closing down IZA Institute of Labour Economics. This will be a “very serious loss” for economics research in Europe, economics Nobel laureate David Card us, warning that it will have “a very negative impact on younger scholars”. www.ft.com/content/cb7a...

Economists condemn move to close IZA think-tank

Bonn-based network will be disbanded in December after financial backer Deutsche Post Foundation pulls out

www.ft.com

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 27

Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army.

1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.

A historical black and white photo of young survivors in striped uniforms standing behind a barbed wire fence at Auschwitz concentration camp.

Black and white historical photo of liberated prisoners walking under the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate at Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

Black and white historical photo showing a large hall filled with discarded clothing, with a person visible in the background.

Historical black and white photograph of Auschwitz concentration camp after liberation showing dilapidated wooden barracks and victims' bodies on the ground.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 27

"Arbeit macht frei" - work makes one free, was a cynical welcome at Auschwitz I. SS guards often told prisoners of #Auschwitz that the only way out from the camp was through the chimney of the crematorium.

Learn about the sign: https://buff.ly/4gNusbg

(Photo: https://buff.ly/4geYVP3)

A black and white photograph of the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign at the entrance gate of a concentration camp. The sign, with its iron lettering, is partially obscured by a worn and chipped wooden barrier bearing a "Halt" warning sign. In the background, bare tree branches stretch against a cloudy, overcast sky, evoking a somber and reflective mood.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jan 15

Governments globally are struggling to contain a demographic crisis amid rising costs for housing and childcare, as well as social factors such as fewer young people being in relationships www.ft.com/content/19ce...

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Jan 13

🏭 High-emission industries account for almost 80% of emissions but employ only 7% of workers. As jobs in these sectors decline, new opportunities arise - but not always in the same sectors, regions or occupations.
How do we bridge the gap?
👉 www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
#NetZero #ClimateAction

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Simon Jäger @simonjaeger.bsky.social · Dec 24

How do unions and collective bargaining work around the world? And how do they affect the wage structure?

A new paper with Suresh Naidu and Benjamin Schoefer
@schoefer.bsky.social out NBER WP today and prepared for the Handbook of Labor Economics.

Thread below. 👇

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Andrea Garnero @agarnero.bsky.social · Nov 19

Salari bassi: di chi è la colpa? My op-ed on the Italian daily La Stampa www.lastampa.it/economia/202...

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