Exchange Rates and Wages in an Integrated World /

We analyze how the pass-through from exchange rate to domestic wages depends on the degree of integration between domestic and foreign labor markets. Using data from 66 countries over the period 1981-2005, we find that the elasticity of domestic wages to real exchange rate is 0.1 after a year for co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spilimbergo, Antonio
Other Authors: Mishra, Prachi
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/044
Online Access:Full text available on IMF