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importance of wage bargaining above the firm level, the automatic system of index-linking wages to past inflation, the limited …
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how wages adjust to unfavorable product demand shocks that raise the risk of displacement through firm closing, and to … Portugal, the estimation results suggest that, under the existence of noncompetitive rents, the fear of job loss leads workers … to adverse shocks due to their inability to adjust wages downward. Indeed, minimum wage restrictions were seen to …
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This paper studies how demographics affect aggregate labor market power, the urban wage premium and the spatial concentration of population, I develop a quantitative spatial model in which labor market competitiveness depends on the demographic composition of the local workforce, Using highly...
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We use a cohort based model to analyse determinants of labour force participation for disaggregated groups of workers in the euro area and the five largest euro area countries. The model captures age and cohort effects as indicators of (unobserved) determinants of participation behaviour. We use...
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We use a cohort based model to analyze determinants of labour force participation for disaggregated groups of workers in the euro area and the five largest euro area countries. The model captures age and cohort effects as indicators of (unobserved) determinants of participation behaviour. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160420
This paper investigates the relationship between public and private wages in the five largest euro area countries for … the period 1997-2017. The analysis shows that there exists a positive and significant response of private wages to a …, Spain, Italy and non-significant in Germany and the Netherlands). Interestingly, the response of private wages is found to …
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This paper looks at public and private sector wages interactions since the 1960s in the euro area, euro area countries … public and private sector wages over the business cycle; this finding is robust across methods and measures of wages and … quite general across countries. Second, we show evidence of long-run relationships between public and private sector wages …
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how wages adjust to unfavorable product demand shocks that raise the risk of displacement through firm closing, and to … Portugal, the estimation results suggest that, under the existence of noncompetitive rents, the fear of job loss leads workers … to adverse shocks due to their inability to adjust wages downward. Indeed, minimum wage restrictions were seen to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605205
This paper employs an aggregate representation of an overlapping generation (OLG) model quantifying a decrease of the natural real interest rate in the range of -1.7 and -0.4 percentage points in the euro area between 1990 and 2030 due to demographics alone. Two channels contribute to this...
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Can the aging process affect inflation? The prolonged decline of fertility and mortality rates induces a persistent downward pressure on the natural interest rate. If this development is not internalized by the monetary policy rule, inflation can be on a downward trend. Using the structure of a...
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