In this study we analyse wage rigidity at the individual level in Italy, presenting evidence from the 1989-1995 Survey of the Bank of Italy. A deep statistical analysis is carried out, replicating previous approaches by McLaughlin, Card and Hyslop and Kahn over similar US data. We also propose...

This paper analyses wage dynamics at individual level using the European Community Household Panel data. We compare yearly wage changes of full-time employees staying in the same firm for twelve European countries during the 1994-96 time-period. For all the European countries we find evidence of...