Wages ahead of demand
This paper is an attempt to account for the empirical results of Krueger and Summers (1988) which suggest significant inter-industry wage differentials. We derive a dynamic efficiency wage model where firms use their wage policy to reduce turnover costs. Industry wages are shown to be a positive function of both the level of productivity and its expected rate of growth. We use estimated Solow residuals as measures of industry productivity growth and relate them to inter-industry wage differentials. A positive relationship is found at the one-digit level but not for two-digit manufacturing industries.
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Volume (Year): 53 (1996)
Issue (Month): 3 (December)
Pages: 341-347
| Handle: | RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:53:y:1996:i:3:p:341-347 |
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