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We study the importance of wage rigidities for the monetary policy transmission mechanism. Using uniquely rich micro data on Swedish wage negotiations, we isolate periods when the labor market is covered by fixed wage contracts. Importantly, negotiations are coordinated in time but their...
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of incumbent workers have substantial effects on separations and unemployment volatility. Allowing for an empirically … relevant degree of wage rigidities for incumbent workers drives unemployment volatility, as well as the volatility of vacancies …
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