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Heterogeneity in wage setting behavior in a New-Keynesian Model
Eijffinger,Sylvester Grajales Olarte,Anderson Uras,Burak
Eijffinger,Sylvester
Grajales Olarte,Anderson
Uras,Burak
Abstract
In this paper we estimate a New-Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (NK DSGE) model with heterogeneity in price and wage setting behavior. In a recent study, Coibion and Gorodnichenko develop a DSGE model, in which firms follow four different types of price setting schemes: sticky prices, sticky information, rule-of-thumb, or flexible prices. We enrich Coibion and Gorodnichenko framework by incorporating heterogeneity in nominal wage setting behavior among households. We solve this DSGE model and estimate it using Bayesian techniques for the US economy from 1955 to 2008. The estimation results show the relevance of heterogeneity in wage setting among households. More importantly, we identify qualitative and quantitative business cycle features allowed by the heterogeneity in wage rigidity, such as the persistence in price and wage inflation, which a standard NK model with only Calvo-type wage rigidity fails to achieve. We also show that modeling wage-rigidity heterogeneity - as opposed to standard Calvo wages - amplifies the macroeconomic output fluctuations resulting from a technology shock while it mitigates the output fluctuations following a monetary tightening.
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2020-09
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heterogeneity, price, wage and information stickiness, bayesian estimation, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Eijffinger, S, Grajales Olarte, A & Uras, B 2020, 'Heterogeneity in wage setting behavior in a New-Keynesian Model', Macroeconomic Dynamics, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1512-1546. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100518000949