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Table 6 RULCs: actual and simulated

From: Real unit labour costs in Eurozone countries: drivers and clusters

  

\({\frac {\Delta RULC}{RULC_{t-1}}}\)

 

\({\frac {\Delta w_{t}}{w_{t-1}}}\)

 

\({({1-\alpha }_{t})}{\frac {\Delta K_{t}}{K_{t-1}}}\)

 

\({\frac {\Delta A_{t}}{A_{t-1}}}\)

 

Outcome

Actual

 

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Clusters on actual aggregate data.

Simulation 1

 

 

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R U L C 1t in the absence of capital

          

intensity and TFP.

Simulation 2

 

 

 

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R U L C 2t in the absence of real

          

wages and TFP.

Simulation 3

 

 

 

 

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R U L C 3t in the absence of real

          

wages and capital intensity.

Simulation 4

 

 

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R U L C 4t in the absence of TFP.

Simulation 5

 

 

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R U L C 5t in the absence of

          

capital intensity.

Simulation 6

 

 

 

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R U L C 6t in the absence of real

          

real wages.

Simulation 7

 

 

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R U L C 7t accounted for by the

          

three components (overall fit).