chapter 1 Variables and relations -- chapter 2 Notions of structure -- chapter 3 Processes and process frames -- chapter 4 Functional models -- chapter 5 Functional causality -- chapter 6 Models and statistical data -- chapter 7 Models with event variables -- chapter 8 Multilevel and...

We suggest a new parametric approach to estimate the extent of downward nominal wage rigidity in ten European countries between 1994 and 2001. The data base used throughout is the User Data Base (UDB) of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). The proposed approach is based on the very...