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The wage curve
- Title
- The wage curve / David G. Blanchflower and Andrew J. Oswald.
- Author
- Blanchflower, David G.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1994.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Oswald, Andrew J.
- Description
- xii, 481 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- The Wage Curve casts doubt on some of the most important ideas in macroeconomics, labor economics, and regional economics. According to macroeconomic orthodoxy, there is a relationship between unemployment and the rate of change of wages. According to orthodoxy in labor economics and regional economics an area's wage is positively related to the amount of joblessness in the area. The Wage Curve suggests that both these beliefs are incorrect. Blanchflower and Oswald argue that the stable relationship is a downward-sloping convex curve linking local unemployment and the level of pay. Their study, one of the most intensive in the history of social science, is based on random samples that provide computerized information on nearly four million people from sixteen countries. Throughout, the authors systematically present evidence and possible explanations for their empirical law of economics.
- Subject
- Wages > Statistical methods
- Unemployment > Statistical methods
- Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques
- Analyse comparative
- Méthodes statistiques
- Chômage
- Salaires
- Unemployment > Statistical methods
- Wages > Statistical methods
- Arbeitslosigkeit
- Kurvendarstellung
- Lohnentwicklung
- Phillips-curve
- Inkomensverdeling
- wages
- unemployment
- economic theory
- survey
- econometric model
- statistical table
- salaire
- chômage
- théorie économique
- enquête
- modèle économétrique
- tableau statistique
- salario
- desempleo
- teoría económica
- encuesta
- modelo econométrico
- cuadros estadísticos
- Australia
- Austria
- Canada
- Germany
- Germany, Federal Republic
- Ireland
- Italy
- Republic of Korea
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- USA
- Australie
- Autriche
- Allemagne
- Corée R
- Irlande
- Italie
- Pays-Bas
- Norvège
- Suisse
- Etats-Unis
- Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
- Canadá
- Alemania
- Corea R
- Irlanda
- Italia
- Países Bajos
- Noruega
- Suiza
- Estados Unidos
- Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte
- Genre/Form
- statistical analysis.
- bibliography.
- graph.
- analyse statistique.
- bibliographie.
- graphique.
- análisis estadístico.
- bibliografía.
- gráfico.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-471) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous Research on Wages and Unemployment across Space -- 3. Theoretical Issues -- 4. The U.S. Wage Curve I: Basics -- 5. The U.S. Wage Curve II: Further Tests -- 6. Britain's Wage Curve -- 7. Wage Curves in Other European Countries -- 8. Canada, South Korea, Australia, and Other Nations -- 9. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix D: Canadian, Australian, and South Korean Data Files.
- ISBN
- 026202375X
- 9780262023757
- 9780262517027
- 0262517027
- LCCN
- 94008882
- OCLC
- ocm30036929
- 30036929
- SCSB-2050667
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library