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Table 4 Real wage cyclicality by contract types: 4 scenarios

From: Real wage responsiveness to unemployment in Spain: asymmetries along the business cycle

 

Recession

Expansion

Expansion

Recesion

 

Unemp. high

Test

Unemp. high

Test

Unemp. low

Test

Unemp. low

Test

 

(1)

1 = 2

(2)

2 = 3

(3)

3 = 4

(4)

4 = 1

Permanent (a)

−0.207***

***

−0.345***

***

−0.466***

***

−0.209**

no

 

(0.041)

 

(0.044)

 

(0.071)

 

(0.070)

 

Test a = b

***

 

***

 

no

 

**

 

Fixed-term (b)

−0.431***

***

−0.520***

*

−0.587***

***

−0.414***

no

 

(0.043)

 

(0.046)

 

(0.074)

 

(0.072)

 
  1. ***Significant at the 1 percent level.
  2. **Significant at the 5 percent level.
  3. *Significant at the 10 percent level.
  4. no: Non-significant.