Caju, Philip Du; Fuss, Catherine; Wintr, Ladislav - Nationale Bank van België/Banque national de Belqique (BNB) - 2009
This paper examines whether differences in wage rigidity across sectors can be explained by differences in workforce … composition, competition, technology and wage-bargaining institutions. We adopt the measure of downward real wage rigidity (DRWR … differences in DRWR are related to competition, firm size, technology and wage-bargaining institutions. We find that wages are …