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Monopolistic competition and different wage setting systems
Sorolla, Valeri (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia i d'Història Econòmica)
García, José Ramón (Universitat de València)

Date: 2014
Abstract: In this paper, we present a disequilibrium unemployment model without labor market frictions and monopolistic competition in the goods market within an infinite horizon model of growth. We consider different wage setting systems and compare wages, the unemployment rate, and income per capita in the long-run at firm, sector, and national (centralized) levels. The aim of this paper is to determine under which conditions, the inverted-U hypothesis between unemployment and the degree of centralization of wage bargaining, reported by Calmfors and Driffill [Economic Policy, 6, 14¿61, 1988], is confirmed. Our analysis shows that a high degree of market power normally produces the inverted-U shape for unemployment. Moreover, we also illustrate that this inverted-U shape can be reversed when the ability of trade unions to internalize the provision of social services is great enough at sector level.
Grants: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación ECO2009-09847
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009/SGR-578
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia SEJ2007-67400
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad ECO2010-21539
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad ECO2012-32392
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió
Subject: Disequilibrium Unemployment ; Monopolistic Competition ; Growth ; Wage Setting Systems
Published in: Scottish journal of political economy, Vol. 61 Núm. 1 (February 2014) , p. 48-77, ISSN 0036-9292

Adreça alternativa: http://roderic.uv.es/handle/10550/65615
DOI: 10.1111/sjpe.12034


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