Wage-price setting in new EU member states /
This paper analyzes wage- and price-setting relations in new EU member countries. Panel estimates indicate a strong and significant relationship between real wages and labor productivity, as well as evidence of wage pass-through to inflation. Terms of trade shocks do not feed through to real wages....
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
©2008.
©2008 |
Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/08/243. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Background; II. Wage- and Price-Setting Relations; III. Additional Considerations; Figures; 1. NMS: Relationship Between GDP and Private Consumption Deflator, 2000-07; IV. Stylized Facts on NMS; 2. NMS: Real Wages and Labor Productivity, 2001-07; 3. NMS: Nominal Wages and Labor Productivity, 2001-07; 4. NMS: Labor Force Developments, 2001-07; Tables; 1. NMS: Index of Competition Policy, 2001-07; 5. NMS: Unit Labor Costs and Consumer Price Inflation, 2001-07; V. Empirical Wage- and Price-Setting Equations; VI. Econometric Results; 2. EU-27: Long-Run Wage Equation Estimation.
- 3. EU-27: Wage Error Correction Model Estimation4. EU-27: Long-Run Price Equation Estimation; 5. EU-27: Price Error Correction Model Estimation; VII. Wage-Setting Variation Across NMS: Public Sector and Institutional Characteristics; 6. How Far Are Real Wages in NMS away from Equilibrium?; 7. NMS: Nominal Wage and Employment Growth in the Public Sector; 8. NMS: Excess Demand of Skilled Workers, 2004-06; 9. NMS: Union Density and Collective Bargaining; 6. NMS: Labor Flexibility, 2008; 10. NMS: Selected Labor Market Indicators, 2004-06; VIII. Conclusions; References.