Working Paper

Nominal Wage Rigidity: Non-Parametric Tests Based on Union Data for Canada

Louis Christofides, Thanasis Stengos
CESifo, Munich, 2001

CESifo Working Paper No. 535
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We study the wage-change distributions in union contracts reached in Canada between 1976-1999. We use non-parametric tests to check for nominal wage rigidity and find that it is present during low inflation periods.

Keywords: Nominal wage rigidity, non-parametric tests