Replaced with revised version of paper 02/10/10.

In the time domain, the observed cyclical behavior of the real wage hides a range of economic influences that give rise to cycles of differing lengths and strengths. This may serve to produce a distorted picture of wage cyclicality. Here, we deploy frequency domain methods that allow us to asses...

In the period of 2002–2006, observations of the unemployment development in municipalities situated in less favourable areas (hereafter LFA) of the micro-region of Strakonice and in other municipalities of the microregion outside of the LFA. The aim of the observations was to determine whether...