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Resource curse avoidance: governmental intervention and wage formation in the Norwegian petroleum sector

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  • Jan Morten DyrstadBy

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A likely channel for Dutch disease, turning a presumably blessed resource windfall into a curse, is the wage formation process. By utilizing the shift from decentralized and uncoordinated wage bargaining in the Norwegian petroleum sector to co-ordinated bargaining, this paper analyses the effectiveness of a governmental intervention aimed at preventing the extraordinary petroleum wage inflation to become detrimental to the economy. The empirical analysis shows that the intervention was successful as insider weights and insider hysteresis effects were reduced, and that the system of coordinated wage bargaining was re-established. The principal conclusion is that institutions and institutional settings play a crucial role in avoiding adverse economic development.

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  • Jan Morten DyrstadBy, 2017. "Resource curse avoidance: governmental intervention and wage formation in the Norwegian petroleum sector," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 69(3), pages 809-833.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxecpp:v:69:y:2017:i:3:p:809-833.
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    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy

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