The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 66 No. 4 1984
Wage Contract Settlements in U.S. Manufacturing
Abstract
A bstruactUsing a large scale, longitudinal micro data base this paper tests for the determinants of union wage settlements in manufacturing. Alternative specifications of wage change relationships were tested in data covering the years 1957 to 1980. Among the most important determinants of union wage changes were the expected inflation rate, inflationary surprises (in indexed agreements), incomes policy dummy variables and spillovers from key national agreements. Catch-up effects from lagged inflationary surprises were not important in determining the size of new settlements.
- DOI
- 10.2307/1935990
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 661
- Sources
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