HAS THE WAGE CURVE NULLIFIED THE HARRIS-TODARO MODEL - FURTHER US EVIDENCE

Authors
PARTRIDGE MD RICKMAN DS
Citation
Md. Partridge et Ds. Rickman, HAS THE WAGE CURVE NULLIFIED THE HARRIS-TODARO MODEL - FURTHER US EVIDENCE, Economics letters, 54(3), 1997, pp. 277-282
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
54
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
277 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1997)54:3<277:HTWCNT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Economists traditionally believed that regional unemployment rates and wages were positively related. This notion has recently been attacked by proponents of the wage curve, which suggests the exact opposite. T his paper attempts to replicate the wage curve using different US data . (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.