Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35676 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3884
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study differences in the adjustment of aggregate real wages in the manufacturing sector over the business cycle across OECD countries, combining results from different data and dynamic methods. Summary measures of cyclicality show genuine cross-country heterogeneity even after controlling for the impact of data and methods. We find that more open economies and countries with stronger unions tend to have less pro-cyclical (or more counter-cyclical) wages. We also find a positive correlation between the cyclicality of real wages and employment, suggesting that policy complementarities may influence the adjustment of both quantities and prices in the labour market.
Subjects: 
Real wages
business cycle
dynamic correlation
labour market institutions
JEL: 
E32
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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