European labour markets display large variations in unemployment rates across regions as well as between education groups. Insufficient labour force mobility is widely considered the main culprit behind regional unemployment disparities, but few studies have examined the link between...

The paper presents empirical evidence on wage formation in Norway using annual time series data for manufacturing industry. First, we show that long-run effects of consumer prices and taxes depend strongly on the exact definition of the empirical variables. Using the implicit factor income...

This paper presents an analysis of wage formation in the Norwegian private sector using data for individual workers matched with firm level information and regional unemployment. A key issue is to test whether or not firm specific variables affect individual wages after controlling for...

Using panel data for Norwegian industries, we establish a significant permanent relation between industry wages and industry profitability. The estimated long-run insider weight is above 0.2 and stable both over time and across industries. Industry wages are significantly affected by aggregate...