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dc.contributor.authorPuhani, Patrick A.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-16T14:56:23Z-
dc.date.available2009-02-16T14:56:23Z-
dc.date.issued2001-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24458-
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates whether and in what sense the west German wage structure has been ?rigid? in the 1990s. To test the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a methodology which makes less restrictive identifying assumptions than some previous related work. I find that the relative stability of educational wage premia was justified by market forces. However, relative wages did not respond to negative net demand shocks for young workers, as well as white-collar workers.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x01-36en
dc.subject.jelJ64en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordwagesen
dc.subject.keywordunemploymenten
dc.subject.keywordrigiditiesen
dc.subject.keywordidentificationen
dc.subject.keywordGermanyen
dc.subject.stwLohnstrukturen
dc.subject.stwLohnrigiditäten
dc.subject.stwArbeitsnachfrageen
dc.subject.stwSchocken
dc.subject.stwBeschäftigungseffekten
dc.subject.stwArbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwQualifikationen
dc.subject.stwBildungsertragen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleWage rigidities in Western Germany? Microeconometric evidence from the 1990s-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn856202541en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:5391en

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