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OECD – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an organisation of 34 countries that seeks to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people.

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Wage Dispersion and Labour Market Institutions: A Cross Country Study

1 Jun 1994 RDP 9404
Michael Coelli, Jerome Fahrer and Holly Lindsay
Research Discussion Papers contain the results of economic research within the Reserve Bank
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References

1 Jun 1994 RDP 9404
Michael Coelli, Jerome Fahrer and Holly Lindsay
168. Calmfors, L. (1993), Centralisation of Wage Bargaining and Macroeconomic Performance: A Survey, OECD Economics Department Working Paper, 131. ... Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (1992), ‘National Accounts’, Vol. 2, OECD,
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Literature Survey

1 Jun 1994 RDP 9404
Michael Coelli, Jerome Fahrer and Holly Lindsay
An examination of OECD data from 18 different countries over the period 1960 through 1990 revealed a weak inverted hump-shaped relationship between the degree of centralisation and total factor productivity. ... In a 1986 OECD study on flexibility in the
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Appendix 2: Data Sources

1 Jun 1994 RDP 9404
Michael Coelli, Jerome Fahrer and Holly Lindsay
Download the Paper 109. KB. The sectoral data used in the analysis was taken from the OECD's “National Accounts”, Vol. ... Unemployment data were obtained from the OECD Economic Outlook, no. 52.
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Introduction

1 Jun 1994 RDP 9404
Michael Coelli, Jerome Fahrer and Holly Lindsay
In order to illustrate and analyse these issues, this paper examines data from fourteen OECD countries which encompass a wide spectrum of wage setting institutions. ... Relative to most other OECD countries examined, deviations of Australian wages are
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Empirical Analysis

1 Jun 1994 RDP 9404
Michael Coelli, Jerome Fahrer and Holly Lindsay
The OECD data are broken down into ten main industrial sectors, and are on an annual basis. ... In the other OECD countries such as the US nominal wage inflation was not as significant.
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Conclusion

1 Jun 1994 RDP 9404
Michael Coelli, Jerome Fahrer and Holly Lindsay
In fact, the relationship between Australian sectoral wages, productivity and relative prices was among the strongest in the OECD countries for which data were available.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1994/9404/conclusion.html