Downward nominal wage rigidity in Canada: Evidence against a "greasing effect"

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Wagner, Joel [1 ]
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[1] Bank Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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MONETARY-POLICY; INFLATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;
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10.1111/caje.12342
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F [经济];
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02 ;
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The existence of downward nominal wage rigidity (DNWR) has often been used to justify a positive inflation target. It is traditionally assumed that positive inflation could grease the wheels of the labour market by putting downward pressure on real wages, easing labour market adjustments during a recession. A rise in the inflation target would attenuate the long-run level of unemployment and hasten economic recovery after an adverse shock. Following Daly and Hobijn (2014), we re-examine these issues in a model that accounts for precautionary motives in wage-setting behaviour. We confirm that DNWR generates a long-run negative relationship between inflation and unemployment, in line with previous contributions to the literature. However, we also find that the increase in the number of people bound by DNWR following a negative demand shock rises with the inflation target, offsetting the beneficial effects a higher inflation target has on closing the unemployment gap. As an implication, contrary to previous contributions that neglected precautionary behaviour, the speed at which unemployment returns back to pre-crisis levels during recessions is relatively unaffected by variations in the inflation target. Resume Rigidite a la baisse des salaires nominaux au Canada: resultats remettant en question l'effet de lubrification. L'existence de la rigidite a la baisse des salaires nominaux (RBSN) a souvent ete utilisee pour justifier une cible d'inflation positive. Traditionnellement on presume qu'une inflation positive peut lubrifier les rouages du marche du travail en mettant une pression a la baisse sur les salaires reels, facilitant ainsi les ajustements dans le marche du travail au cours d'une recession. Un accroissement dans la cible d'inflation attenuerait l'effet a long terme sur le niveau de chomage et pourrait accelerer la reprise apres un choc adverse. la suite de Daly et Hobijn (2014), l'auteur reexamine ces questions dans un modele qui tient compte du motif de precaution dans le comportement de determination des salaires. On confirme que la RBSN genere une relation negative a long terme entre inflation et chomage, resultat deja inscrit dans la litterature specialisee. Cependant on decouvre aussi que le nombre de personnes frappees par la RBSN a la suite d'un choc negatif dans la demande augmente a proportion que la cible d'inflation augmente, compensant les effets benefiques d'une cible d'inflation accrue sur l'ecart de chomage. Voila qui implique que, contrairement a ce qui est rapporte dans une litterature qui negligeait le comportement de precaution, la vitesse avec laquelle le chomage retourne a son niveau de l'avant-crise est relativement non-affectee par les variations dans la cible d'inflation.
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