This paper substantially extends the limited available evidence on existence and extent of downward nominal wage rigidity in the European Union and the Euro Area. For this purpose we develop an econometric multi-country model based on Kahn�s (1997) histogram-location approach and apply it to...

The skewness-location approach to the analysis of downward nominal wage rigidity in micro data judges the existence of rigidity on the basis of estimated functional relationships between measures of location and of skewness of the distributions of individual rates of wage change in different...

Earlier studies of US wage data from the PSID with a variety of methods have led to mixed results with respect to the existence and extent of downward nominal wage rigidity. Here the kernellocation approach to the analysis of downward nominal wage rigidity in micro data is applied to that data...

A new econometric approach to the analysis of downward nominal wage rigidity in micro data is proposed, the kernel-location approach. It combines kernel-density estimation and the principle of joint variation of location and shape of the distribution of per cent annual nominal wage changes. The...

Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Existenz und das Ausmaß nach unten starrer Nominallöhne, sowie deren realwirtschaftliche Implikationen für den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Unter Verwendung von drei alternativen Modellvarianten für die proportionale Abwärtsnominallohnrigidität wurde auf Grundlage...