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| Title: | | Are real wages rigid downwards?  |
| Authors: | | Holden, Steinar Wulfsberg, Fredrik |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper 1983 |
| Abstract: | | This paper explores the existence of downward real wage rigidity (DRWR) in 19 OECD countries, over the period 19731999, using data for hourly nominal earnings at industry level. Based on a nonparametric statistical method, which allows for country and year specific variation in both the median and the dispersion of industry wage changes, we find evidence of some downward rigidity of real wages in OECD countries overall, as well as for regions and time periods. There is some evidence that real wage cuts are less prevalent under strict employment protection legislation and high union density. Generally, we find stronger evidence for downward nominal than for downward real wage rigidity. |
| JEL: | | J3 J5 C14 C15 E31 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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