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Sectoral Wage and Price Formation and Working Time in Germany: An Econometric Analysis

Year:    1994

Author:    Franz, Wolfgang, Smolny, Werner

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 114 (1994), Iss. 4 : pp. 507–529

Abstract

The topic of this paper is a unified framework of sectoral wage and price determination. The theoretical framework is formulated in an extended way which nests several but not mutually exclusive hypotheses of wage and price formation respectively. As a result, an augmented Phillips curve wage model and the mark up price hypothesis are useful concepts for the aggregate and the sectoral wage and price setting. Sectoral wages are influenced by aggregate variables such as the unemployment rate and the rate of capital utilization. The case of strong hysteresis can be rejected in favor of persistence. Finally, workers were, by and large, only partly compensated for the shortened work week.

Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    Multiple languages

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.114.4.507

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 114 (1994), Iss. 4 : pp. 507–529

Published online:    1994-04

AMS Subject Headings:    Duncker & Humblot

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    23

Author Details

Franz, Wolfgang

Smolny, Werner

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