Wage Dynamics and Unemployment in Germany: Evidence from Regional Panel Data

Markus Pannenberg and Johannes Schwarze

LABOUR, 2000, vol. 14, issue 4, 645-655

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A stylized fact of empirical work on the relationship of wages and unemployment using macro data for European countries is a combination of strong autocorrelation of wages and a significant negative long-run relationship of wages and unemployment. However, this view is challenged by empirical work relying on regional or micro data providing evidence for an instantaneous adjustment of wages to variations in the level of unemployment. Exploiting regional panel data for West Germany, we show that, at least for the years 1990–94, regional and macro data mirror the same phenomenon. Our results are broadly consistent with the observed increase in the natural rate of unemployment in Germany.

Date: 2000
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