Maliar, Lilia; Hvozdyk, Liudmyla; Maliar, Serguei - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2006
We study the determinants of Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity(DNWR) in the context of a new-Keynesian heterogeneous-agent model. Laborproductivity of agents is subject to perfectly insurable idiosyncratic shocks.Wage contracts are signed one period ahead and specify the minimum wagethat the firm...