The minimum wage revisited in the enlarged EU This book provides in depth and innovative analysis of the minimum wage in Europe. The authors explore its role and scope within the enlarged EU and address the question of whether there should be harmonization between the individual member states or even a common EU minimum wage. They also examine the impact of the minimum wage at the national level looking at trends and effects through case studies of specific policy issues and industrial sectors 1. Minimum wage revival in the enlarged EU: explanatory factors and developments Daniel Vaughan Whitehead 2. Bulgaria: a shift in minimum wage policy Vassil Tzanov 3. Croatia: moving towards a more active minimum wage policy Danijel Nestic 4. Estonia Latvia and Lithuania: minimum wages in a context of migration and labour shortages Jaan Masso and Kerly Krillo 5. France: towards the end of an active minimum wage policy Jérôme Gautié 6. Germany: what role for minimum wages on low wage work Gerhard Bosch. and Thorsten Kalina 7. Greece: neglect and resurgence of minimum wage policy Eugenia Fotoniata and Thomas Moutos 8. Hungary: the consequences of doubling the minimum wage János Köllo 9. Ireland: a successful minimum wage implementation Brian Nolan 10. The Netherlands: minimum wage fall shifts focus to part time jobs Wiemer Salverda 11. Poland: minimum wage employment and labour migration Jacek Wallusch. 12. Sweden: a minimum wage model in need of modification Per Skedinger 13. Turkey: minimum wage in tension between economic and social concerns Seyhan Erdoðdu 14. United Kingdom: developing a progressive minimum wage in a liberal market economy Damian Grimshaw 15. Towards an EU minimum wage policy Daniel Vaughan Whitehead