Wages in Labour Market Theories

Kryńska Elżbieta () and Kopycińska Danuta ()
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Kryńska Elżbieta: University of Lodz, Faculty of Economy and Sociology, Department of Economic Policy, Rewolucji 1905 r. no. 39, 90-214 Łódź, Poland
Kopycińska Danuta: University of Szczecin, Faculty of Economics and Management, Institute of Management and Investment, Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, 2015, vol. 15, issue 2, 177-190

Abstract: Already classical economists took interest in the role of wages and wage formation mechanisms, as well as in their influence on other components of the labour market. This article aims to systematise contemporary approaches to wages as one of the labour market components that have been developed within major economic theories. The systemization will serve as a basis for identifying main interactions between wages and other labour market components, such as labour supply and demand and labour market disequilibrium. The article presents major concepts formulated within neo-classical and Keynesian theories, labour market segmentation theories, efficiency wage theory, rent-sharing and rent-extraction theories, theory of job search, and search-and-matching models. One of the conclusions arising from the discussion is that the evolution of contemporary labour markets is a challenge for researchers seeking wage formation models adequately describing the real-life circumstances.

Keywords: labour market; wages; labour supply; labour demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E23 J22 J23 J40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1515/foli-2015-0044

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