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Employment Fluctuations and Dynamics of the Aggregate Average Wage in Poland 1996 - 2003

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Michal Myck
Leszek Morawski
Jerzy Mycielski

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The aggregate average wage is often used as an indicator of economic performance and welfare, and as such often serves as a benchmark for changes in the generosity of public transfers and for wage negotiations. Yet if economies experience a high degree of (nonrandom) fluctuation in employment the composition of the employed population will have a considerable effect on the computed average. In this paper we demonstrate the extent of this problem using data for Poland for the period 1996-2003. During these years unemployment in Poland almost doubled. We show that about a quarter of the growth in the average wage during this period could be contributed purely to changes in employment.

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Paper provided by DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research in its series Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin with number 545.

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Date of creation: 2006
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Publication status: Published in: Economics of Transition 15 (2007) 4, 759-779
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Keywords: Aggregate wage; Employment dynamics; Poland;

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E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution
J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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