Survey evidence on wage rigidity and unemployment: Sweden in the 1990s

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-30

  Agell, Jonas ^a   Lundborg, Per ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Trade Union Inst for Economic Res   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Effort models; Nominal wage rigidity; Panel data; Recession; Unemployment persistence

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LABOR MARKET; PANEL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0038017104     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00002     Document Type: Article

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