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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2006
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 545
Verlag: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Zusammenfassung: 
The aggregate average wage is often used as an indicator of economic performance and welfare, and as such often serves as a benchmark for changes in the generosity of public transfers and for wage negotiations. Yet if economies experience a high degree of (nonrandom) fluctuation in employment the composition of the employed population will have a considerable effect on the computed average. In this paper we demonstrate the extent of this problem using data for Poland for the period 1996-2003. During these years unemployment in Poland almost doubled. We show that about a quarter of the growth in the average wage during this period could be contributed purely to changes in employment.
Schlagwörter: 
aggregate wage
employment dynamics
Poland
JEL: 
J21
E24
J31
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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