Unemployment and the Real Wage Gap: A Reappraisal of the German Experience

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-108998
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.10899

Landmann, Oliver ; Jerger, Jürgen

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Item type:	Article
Journal or Publication Title:	Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv
Volume:	129
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:	4
Page Range:	pp. 689-717
Date:	1993
Institutions:	Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie > Lehrstuhl für Internationale und Monetäre Ökonomik (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Jerger)
Dewey Decimal Classification:	300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of Regensburg:	Unknown
Item ID:	10899

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Abstract

Unemployment and the Real Wage Gap: A Reappraisal of the German Experience. - The major European economies experienced a rise in unemployment since the late 1970s. At the same time, the real wage gap, a widely used measure of wage pressure, declined. This paper develops an analytical framework that relates the two phenomena. Particular emphasis is placed on the interaction of capital ...