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Real Wage Indices

Journal of Labor Economics, 1985
This paper examines real wage measures that include leisure and nonlabor income in consumption decisions with respect to the advantages and disadvantages of partial versus complete welfare orderings and of utility-based versus utility-free wage indices.
Coles, Jeffrey L, Harte-Chen, Paul
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Wage differentials and real wage dynamics

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 2000
Those who negotiate wages in companies are well aware of the difficulty of securing necessary wage adjustments, particularly when a downward adjustment in wages is required, in response to changes in the state of the macro economy. A key concern on the part of employees is how their wage stands relative to other groups of workers.
Marcel Cohen, David Shepherd
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FISCAL SHOCKS AND REAL WAGES [PDF]

International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2011
ABSTRACTThis paper studies the impact of fiscal shocks in a panel of eleven euro area member countries. It contributes to the existing literature by providing new empirical evidence on the effects of different types of spending shocks on real wages. The main finding is that an increase in government spending raises the real wage. However, its magnitude
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Real Wages, Employment, and Inflation

Journal of Political Economy, 1969
Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.One of the oldest and most prestigious journals in economics, the Journal of Political Economy (JPE) presents significant and essential scholarship in economic theory and practice. The journal publishes highly selective and widely cited analytical, interpretive, and empirical
Lucas, Robert E, Jr, Rapping, Leonard A
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INFLATION AND THE DISPERSION OF REAL WAGES* [PDF]

International Economic Review, 2008
The article studies the effects of inflation on real wage dispersion in a search‐monetary framework. The economy is characterized by frictions in both the goods and the labor markets. In the goods market, buyers and sellers bargain over prices, whereas in the labor market firms post wage offers.
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The Real Living Wage

2023
Abstract The Real Living Wage presents a detailed case study of the campaign for the Living Wage, a voluntary standard promoted by the community organizing network Citizens UK, and a striking example of the civil regulation of the employment relationship.
Edmund Heery, Deborah Hann, David Nash
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