Have Lower Real Wages Helped Industrial Restructuring in Romania?

G. Ibrahim, A. Cooke and David Paton ()

The Journal of Development Studies, 2002, vol. 39, issue 1, pages 165-180

Abstract: A reduction in real wages arising from price liberalisation has been a standard feature of economies undergoing industrial restructuring. In this article, the impact of real wages on industrial performance is examined using a panel dataset of Romanian industries from 1990-96. Using both static and dynamic panel estimation, real wages are found not to be negatively associated with either output or employment. These results are consistent with a view that an institutionalist approach, aimed at improving productivity, may be more likely to achieve the long-term objective of successful industrial restructuring than standard adjustment programmes based on neo-classical theory.

Keywords: Industrial Restructuring; Transition; Romania; Panel Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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