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Downward nominal wage rigidity in Canada : evidence from micro-level data

Brouillette, Dany; Kostyshyna, Olena; Kyui, Natalia - 2016

We assess the importance of downward nominal wage rigidity (DNWR) in Canada using both firm- and worker-level microdata …-based survey data from the Survey of Labour Income Dynamics (SLID). MWS data cover large unionized firms in Canada, while SLID is a … rich rotating panel representative of the employed population in Canada. Combining both sources of information allows for a …

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Downward nominal wage rigidity in Canada : evidence against a "greasing effect"

Wagner, Joel - 2017

The existence of downward nominal wage rigidity (DNWR) has often been used to justify a positive inflation target. It is traditionally assumed that positive inflation could "grease the wheels" of the labour market by putting downward pressure on real wages, easing labour market adjustments...

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Uncovering the differences among displaced workers : evidence from Canadian job separation records

Birinci, Serdar; Park, Youngmin; Pugh, Thomas; See, Kurt - 2023 - Last updated: October 27, 2023

We revisit the measurement of the sources and consequences of job displacement using Canadian job separation records. To circumvent administrative data limitations, conventional approaches address selection by identifying displacement effects through mass-layoff separations, which are...

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Contribution of human capital accumulation to Canadian economic growth

Bowlus, Audra J.; Park, Youngmin; Robinson, Chris - 2022

) in Canada. GDP growth is decomposed into contributions from physical capital, hours worked, human capital supplied per …

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An alternative estimate of Canadian potential output : the multivariate state-space framework

Pichette, Lise; Bernier, Maria; Robitaille, Marie-Noëlle - 2018

gap in Canada. We find that while the MSSF shares similar dynamics to the main approaches used by the Bank, it also …

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The cyclicality of immigrant wages and labour market flows : evidence from Spain

Gálvez-Iniesta, Ismael - In: Economics : the open-access, open-assessment journal 16 (2022) 1, pp. 90-122

This article studies the responses of real wages and labour market flows of immigrants in Spain for the period between 1999 and 2019. By using Labour Force Survey microdata, I examine the cyclicality of job-finding and job-separation rates for immigrants and natives over the long Spanish...

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The gender wealth gap near retirement in Canada

LoRiggio, Tessa; Morris, Todd - 2024

available for retirement. This note reveals a large gender wealth gap in Canada among singles near retirement. Using a repeated …

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Global trends in income inequality and income dynamics : new insights from GRID

Guvenen, Fatih; Pistaferri, Luigi; Violante, Giovanni L. - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 4, pp. 1321-1360

The Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) is a new open-access, cross- country database that contains a wide range of micro statistics on income in- equality, dynamics, and mobility. It has four key characteristics: it is built on micro panel data drawn from administrative records; it...

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Chapter 18. Labor Market Institutions and the Dispersion of Wage Earnings

Salverda, Wiemer; Checchi, Daniele - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 1535-1727). 2015

Considering the contribution of the distribution of individual wages and earnings to that of household incomes we find two separate literatures that should be brought together, and bring “new institutions” into play. Growing female employment, rising dual-earnership and part-time employment...

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Labour-Market Institutions and the Dispersion of Wage Earnings

Salverda, Wiemer - 2014

Considering the contribution of the distribution of individual wages and earnings to that of household incomes we find two separate literatures that should be brought together, and bring 'new institutions' into play. Growing female employment, rising dual-earnership and part-time employment...

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