Since 1990, there has been extensive international research on the responsiveness of
wages of individuals to changing local labour market conditions. For many countries, an …

Failure to account for differences between immigrants and natives in their responsiveness to
changes in macroeconomic conditions may bias estimates of assimilation effects on …

The wage curve is the negative relationship that links wage levels to the unemployment rate.
It fits accurately with modern non‐competitive labour‐market models, but goes against a …

Following Blanchflower and Oswald, a “wage curve” describes the wage level as a
downward-sloping convex curve of the regional unemployment rate. This article makes two …

Using cross-sectional data from the Labour Force Survey, we investigate whether a wage
curve, ie a negative relationship between real wages and regional unemployment, could be …

A mmermüller A., L ucifora C., O rigo F. and Z wick T. Wage flexibility in regional labour
markets: evidence from Italy and Germany, Regional Studies. This paper investigates the …

This paper uses microeconomic data for the period from 1990 to 2004 to examine the
relationship between public–private sector wage differentials and labour market conditions …

ABSTRACT Unemployment in South Africa has multiple causes. This article uses a district
pseudo-panel to estimate the elasticity of labour demand, labour supply and unemployment …

This paper questions the extent to which agglomeration economies can develop in a cluster
of close-by cities, so-called polycentric metropolitan areas or polycentric urban regions …

L ivanos I. The wage–local unemployment relationship in a highly regulated labour market:
Greece, Regional Studies. Using data obtained from 80 000 employees, this paper …