The wage curve
Subtitle: an entry written for the New Palgrave, 2nd edition
By: by David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald
Contributors: Oswald, Andrew J.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2138; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2138
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Wages; Statistical methods; Unemployment
Description: "This paper summarizes evidence for the existence of a wage curve -- a downward-sloping relationship between the level of pay and the local unemployment rate -- in modern micro data. At the time of writing, the curve has been found in 40 nations. Its elasticity is approximately -0.1"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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