The symmetry of the wage-change distribution: Survey and contract data

Thanasis Stengos and Louis Christofides

Empirical Economics, 2002, vol. 27, issue 4, 705-723

Abstract: Using a new non-parametric symmetry test we examine Canadian contract and survey data for evidence of nominal wage rigidities. We compare results from the two data sets with the view to examining the accuracy of survey data and consider whether the private/public and union/non-union sector distinctions are useful.

Keywords: Symmetry; ·; Wage-Change; Distribution; ·; Nonparametrics. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D14 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-07-29
Note: received: July 2000/Final version received: June 2001
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