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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165036703321

Autore

Guo Si

Titolo

Price and Wage Flexibility in Hong Kong SAR / / Si Guo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2017

ISBN

1-4755-7041-4

1-4755-7043-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (20 pages) : color illustrations, tables, graphs

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

331.294109047

Soggetti

Wages - Great Britain

Wages - China - Hong Kong

Wages - United States

Labor

Macroeconomics

Wage Level and Structure

Wage Differentials

Price Level

Inflation

Deflation

Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General

Labor Economics: General

Demand and Supply of Labor: General

Labour

income economics

Wages

Wage adjustments

Labor markets

Price adjustments

Prices

Labor economics

Labor market

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The paper assesses the price and wage flexibility in Hong Kong SAR. At the aggregate level, it compares Hong Kong SAR with the United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore by examining the three commonly used macroeconomic relationships among inflation, unemployment, wage growth, and output fluctuations. At the industry level, the paper compares the distributions of labor earnings and price growth in Hong Kong SAR and the United States. It further estimates a model of wage formation under downward nominal wage rigidity to compare the extent of wage rigidity in Hong Kong SAR and the United States. Overall, the comparisons show that broadly speaking, price and wage adjustments are more flexible in Hong Kong SAR than other economies.