Research Discussion Paper – RDP 9404 Wage Dispersion and Labour Market Institutions: A Cross Country Study

Contents

• Introduction
• Australian Labour Market Institutions: an Overview
• Literature Survey
• The Costs of Relative Wage Rigidity
• A Model of Wage Flexibility
• Empirical Analysis
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1: Wage Dispersion Summary Statistics
• Appendix 2: Data Sources
• References