Belgium: Selected Background Issues
May 7, 1996
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This Selected Background Issues paper analyzes sectoral wage differentiation and labor cost issues in Belgium. The paper discusses wage dispersion across sectors in Belgium and compares it with the pattern in other European countries. It analyzes the data for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development used in the Central Economic Council assessment of competitiveness, underscoring the role of social security contributions and restrictions on part-time work in the evolution of labor costs per employee. The paper also examines trends in saving and investment, and the pension reform in Belgium.
Subject: Economic sectors, Expenditure, Labor, Labor costs, Pension spending, Pensions, Public sector, Wages
Keywords: Belgium, cost, CR, health care insurance, investment behavior, ISCR, Labor costs, pension expenditure, Pension spending, Pensions, private sector, private sector pension, Public sector, retirement pension, saving surplus, wage, Wages, Western Europe
Pages:
64
Volume:
1996
DOI:
Issue:
026
Series:
Country Report No. 1996/026
Stock No:
1BELEA0021996
ISBN:
9781451803143
ISSN:
1934-7685
Notes
This report on selected background issues in Belgium was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.
