How High is the Private Gain from Wage Indexation?

Stefan Laséen ()

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2003, vol. 105, issue 2, pages 247-254

Abstract: The effects of firm-specific shocks on the gain from writing state-contingent wage contracts are examine in an extension of the model in Gottfries (1992). It is shown that the introduction of firm-specific uncertainty increases the gain from indexation to prices only moderately. Moreover, nominal wage contracts should be more prevalent when unemployment benefits are high or unemployment spells are short. Copyright The editors of the "Scandinavian Journal of Economics", 2003 .

Date: 2003

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