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Author/Editor:
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Decressin, Anja ; Decressin, Jörg
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Publication Date:
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September 01, 2002
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The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate
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Summary:
This paper investigates wage setting in (west) Germany using the German Socioeconomic Panel dataset on individuals and compares the findings with those available for the United Kingdom and the United States. The fraction of job stayers in (west) Germany who suffer unchanged wages or wage cuts compares with that in similar data for the Anglo-American countries, even after various adjustments for potential reporting errors. While nominal wages of job stayers are rigid downward, real wages are not. Nevertheless, the macroeconomic effects of the nominal rigidity are limited and cannot be weakened substantially by raising inflation.
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Series:
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Working Paper No. 02/164
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Subject(s):
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Labor markets | Germany | Wages | Inflation targeting
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Author's Keyword(s):
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Wage setting | wage rigidities | inflation targets |
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