Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in Europe: An Analysis of European Micro Data from the ECHP 1994-2001

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-opus-4628
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.4517

Knoppik, Christoph ; Beissinger, Thomas

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Abstract

This paper substantially extends the limited available evidence on existence and extent of downward nominal wage rigidity in the European Union and the Euro Area. For this purpose we develop an econometric multi-country model based on Kahn�s (1997) histogram-location approach and apply it to employee micro data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) for twelve of the EU�s current ...