Is there a Wage Curve with Regional Real Wages?

Bartlomiej Rokicki, Uwe Blien (), Geoffrey Hewings and Van Phan thi Hong
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Van Phan thi Hong: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 202017, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "Do wages react to regional unemployment, as proposed by the theory behind the regional wage curve, if regional price differences are taken into account? This paper applies regional price indexes to assess the wage curve, whereas in the literature only nominal wages are used for wage curve regressions. In order to test the impact of regional prices on the wage curve we apply a variety of methodological approaches. With individual data from the US Census and the Polish Labor Force Survey we find a wage curve. However, in both countries, the local unemployment elasticity and spatial spillovers decrease significantly once regional price deflators are applied." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Polen; USA; Einkommenseffekte; internationaler Vergleich; Lohnkurve; Preisniveau; Reallohn; regionale Disparität; regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitslosenquote; 2000-2015 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C26 J30 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2020-06-08
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Published in/as: Economic Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2021.105582

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