Survey evidence on wage and price setting in Estonia

Aurelijus Dabu�inskas and Tairi Room

No wp2011-06, Bank of Estonia Working Papers from Bank of Estonia

Abstract: In this paper, we give a comprehensive overview of wage and price adjustment practices in Estonia, drawing from two managerial surveys which were conducted in autumn 2007 and summer 2009 within the framework of the Wage Dynamics Network (WDN), a joint research project by the Eurosystem/ESCB. Our discussion covers a broad range of results, including firm-level descriptive evidence for several institutional and structural characteristics of the Estonian economy such as unionisation and collective bargaining coverage, labour intensity of production, remuneration methods, product market competition, etc., and insights into the wage and price setting behaviour of Estonian firms. To illustrate this behaviour, we give an overview of the frequency and timing of wage and price changes; the extent of downward nominal and real wage rigidity; the determinants of wages paid to newly employed workers; and finally, the nature of firms' adjustments to cost push and negative demand shocks

Keywords: survey data; wage setting; price setting; Estonia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 E3 J3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-05-27, Revised 2011-05-27
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-eur, nep-hme, nep-lab, nep-mac and nep-tra
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