Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/154735 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor Policy [ISSN:] 2193-9004 [Volume:] 5 [Issue:] 13 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 1-22
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
We analyze the impact of misperceptions of the unemployment rate on individual wages, using the European Social Survey. We follow a threefold strategy to tackle potential endogeneity problems, as the model includes the following: controls for worker's ability, the regional unemployment rate, and country fixed effects. We estimate interval regression models. When subjective perceptions overstate the country unemployment rate, a one percentage point gap between the perceived and the actual rates reduces wages by 0.4 to 0.7 %. We discuss a potential mechanism. A pessimistic view of the labor market leads to concern over own employment prospects, lowering perceived bargaining power and reservation wages.
Subjects: 
Wage dispersion
Labor market tightness
Perceptions
JEL: 
J31
D80
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Document Type: 
Article

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