International wage curve
Blanchflower, D. G. & Oswald, A.
(1993).
International wage curve.
(CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP116).
London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
The paper provides international evidence for the existence of a negatively sloped locus linking the level of pay to the rate of regional (or industry) unemployment. This ''wage curve'' is found using microeconomic data for Britain, the US, Canada, Korea, Austria, Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Norway and Germany. The average unemployment elasticity of pay is approximately -0.1. The paper sets out a multi-region efficiency wage model as one possible interpretation of the data.
| Item Type | Working paper |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 1993 The Authors |
| Departments | LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Economic Performance |
| Date Deposited | 20 Aug 2008 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/21001 |