Reducing Wage Inequality
本文回应了国家无力干预经济的观点，以瑞典、法国和德国为例，说明国家通过参与性和保护性劳动标准组合，能有效降低低工资工人比例并提高集体协议覆盖率。
This article concurs with Weiss’s critique of the myth of the powerless state, which underestimates the possibilities that remain open to nation states to take action. Even today in an environment characterized by globalized markets, nation states have at their disposal instruments that can effectively ensure high job quality. The Swedish and French examples show that the state, by means of various combinations of participative and protective labor standards, can ensure that there is a low share of low-wage workers and a high rate of coverage by collective agreements. Given sufficient political pressure, new standards, such as the minimum wage in Germany, can be put in place.