SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY AND THE WAGE CURVE REVISITED*
研究发现，本地劳动力市场越孤立，失业对工资的负向影响越大；且与其他地区互动强的区域工资更高。基于西德327个地区1990-1997年数据验证了这些假设。
ABSTRACT Most “wage curve” studies ignore the geography of local labor markets. However, when a local labor market is in close proximity of other labor markets, a local shock that increases unemployment may not lead to lower pay rates if employers fear outward migration of their workers. Hence, the unemployment elasticity of pay will be greater, the more isolated the local labor market is. Wages are also expected to be higher in regions that interact strongly with other regions. These hypotheses are confirmed by means of an estimation of wage curves with data for 327 regions of western Germany over the period 1990–1997.