On the Identification of Relative Wage Rigidity Dynamics: A Proposal for a Methodology on Cross-Section Data and Empirical Evidence for Poland in Transition

46 Pages Posted: 4 Dec 2000

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Patrick A. Puhani

Leibniz Universität Hannover; University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas

Date Written: December 2000

Abstract

We present a new and simple empirical methodology to identify relative wage rigidity dynamics. The methodology is applied to data from the Polish Labour Force Survey for the period 1994 to 1998. We estimate ceteris paribus changes in relative wage and unemployment differentials for various labour market defining characteristics. A simultaneous increase in the relative wage and the unemployment likelihood is defined as a relative wage rigidity dynamic for a labour market characteristic. We find that the Polish wage structure generated hardly any rigidities between 1994 and 1998 nor did it reduce possibly existing rigidities during that period.

Keywords: Wages, unemployment, rigidities, identification, Poland

JEL Classification: J31, J64, P20

Suggested Citation

Puhani, Patrick A., On the Identification of Relative Wage Rigidity Dynamics: A Proposal for a Methodology on Cross-Section Data and Empirical Evidence for Poland in Transition (December 2000). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=252475 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.252475

Patrick A. Puhani (Contact Author)

Leibniz Universität Hannover ( email )

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