This study uses micro-data to analyze wage formation in the Nordic countries at the regional level. Our results deviate systematically from the main conclusions drawn by Blanchflower and Oswald (1994). We do find a significant negative long-run relationship between unemployment and real wages at...

This paper explores employment trends and structural changes in the labour force of Finnish manufacturing over the 10-year period 1985_95 and analyses the role thereby played by technological progress. The main results may be summarised as follows. The employment- enhancing role of high-tech...