IMF Staff papers : Volume 31 No. 2.

This paper examines the validity of the hypothesis that the level of the real wage rate, inclusive of employers' expenditures for social insurance and employment or payroll taxes, is a major obstacle to a return to high employment in industrial countries. The hypothesis is tested by estimating...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Research Dept
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1984.
Series:IMF Staff Papers; IMF Staff Papers ; No. 1984/002
Online Access:Full text available on IMF