Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
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IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
No 2016:13: Fixed wage contracts and monetary non-neutrality
Maria Björklund (), Mikael Carlsson () and Oskar Nordström Skans ()
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Maria Björklund: Uppsala university, Postal: Uppsala, Sweden
Mikael Carlsson: Uppsala universitet and Sveriges Riksbank, Postal: Uppsala,Sweden
Oskar Nordström Skans: Uppsala universitet, Postal: Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract: We study the importance of wage rigidities for the monetary policy transmission mechanism. Using uniquely rich micro data on Swedish wage negotiations, we isolate periods when the labor market is covered by fixed wage contracts. Importantly, negotiations are coordinated in time but their seasonal patterns are far from deterministic. Using a VAR model, we document that monetary policy shocks have a substantially larger impact on production during fixed wage episodes as compared to the average response. The results are not driven by the periodic structure, nor the seasonality, of the renegotiation episodes.
Keywords: monetary policy; wages; nominal rigidities; micro data
30 pages, September 8, 2016
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