Are wages equal across sectors of production? a panel data analysis for tradable and non-tradable goods

The assumption that national labor markets are homogenous across tradable and non-tradable goods is common in multisector (open-economy) macro models and crucial for the prominent Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis. This study tests it with a novel method to distinguish the tradable and non-tradable secto...

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1. Verfasser: Schmillen, Achim (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Regensburg Osteuropa-Inst. Juni 2010
Schriftenreihe:Arbeiten aus dem Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg Nr. 285
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Zusammenfassung:The assumption that national labor markets are homogenous across tradable and non-tradable goods is common in multisector (open-economy) macro models and crucial for the prominent Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis. This study tests it with a novel method to distinguish the tradable and non-tradable sectors grounded in economic theory, modern empirical methods and a large and detailed macro data set. It finds that both the internal relationship between productivity and wages in the tradable and non-tradable sectors postulated by the Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis and its external transmission mechanism are rejected.
Beschreibung:22 S.
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ISBN:9783938980347
978-3-938980-34-7