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Table 4 Wage Phillips curve in Italy: individual estimates; job stayers (p values in brackets)

From: Has the wage Phillips curve changed in the euro area?

 

OLS

OLS

GMM

 

All workers (employed at both time t and t + 1)

Δw t − 1

−0.211

−0.205

0.077

 

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

U t

0.005

−0.417

−0.178

 

(0.461)

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

U t  * D post2008

−0.008

−0.063

−0.072

 

(0.053)*

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

E t Δp t + 1

 

0.010

0.009

  

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

Year dummies

Yes

No

No

Firm fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

3,588,786

3,588,786

3,173,763

Number of firms

683,357

683,357

648,836

 

All workers (already employed before 2008; same firm, not changing position from t to t + 1)

Δw t − 1

−0.186

−0.181

0.082

 

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

U t

−0.003

−0.318

−0.178

 

(0.595)

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

U t  * D post2008

−0.007

−0.061

−0.078

 

(0.082)*

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

E t Δp t + 1

 

0.010

0.010

  

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

Year dummies

Yes

No

No

Firm fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

2,585,290

2,585,290

2,460,382

Number of firms

507,951

507,951

497,330

 

All workers (already employed before 2008 and working until 2014; same firm, not changing position from t to t + 1)

Δw t − 1

−0.189

−0.18

0.109

 

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

U t

−0.023

−0.367

−0.204

 

(0.004)***

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

U t  * D post2008

0.002

−0.039

−0.055

 

(0.780)

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

E t Δp t + 1

 

0.009

0.009

  

(0.000)***

(0.000)***

Year dummies

Yes

No

No

Firm fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

1,063,247

1,063,247

1,057,311

Number of firms

132,092

132,092

132,015

  1. Robust p values in parentheses
  2. Significant at *10%, **5%, ***1%
  3. Dependent variable: percentage change in the daily wage