Price, wage and employment response to shocks: evidence from the WDN survey

B-Tier
Journal: Labour Economics
Year: 2012
Volume: 19
Issue: 5
Pages: 783-791

Score contribution per author:

0.287 = (α=2.01 / 7 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We analyse the relative intensity and character of price vs. cost and wage vs. employment firm-level adjustment to cost-push shocks in the European System of Central Banks Wage Dynamics Network (WDN) survey data set. The results document several statistically significant and theoretically sensible relationships: price increases are less likely when product market competition is more intense, and more likely when collective wage agreements or employment protection legislation constrain firm-level reactions. We discuss how changes of such structural and institutional features of firms and of their environment may underlie the evolution of macroeconomic adjustment mechanisms in Europe.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:labeco:v:19:y:2012:i:5:p:783-791
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
7
Added to Database
2026-01-24