How flexible are wages in EU accession countries?

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The transition to a market economy and increased economic integration have fostered regional disparities in Central and Eastern European countries. This paper investigates whether and to what extent wages could act as an equilibrating mechanism in these countries by adjusting to local market conditions. Using regional data for the 1990s, we estimate static and dynamic wage curve models for Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Romania. We find empirical evidence for a wage curve in Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland suggesting that wages could help equilibrate labour markets following labour demand shocks. In the case of Romania, the unemployment elasticity of pay is not significantly different from zero.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ZEI Working Paper ; No. B 25-2003

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General ; Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers: General
• Subject: wage flexibility ; panel data ; EU accession countries

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Iara, Anna ; Traistaru, Iulia
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/39446
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET