%0 Report %A Blanchflower, David G. %A Oswald, Andrew J. %T The Wage Curve: An Entry Written for the New Palgrave, 2nd Edition %D 2006 %8 2006 May %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 2138 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2138 %X This paper summarizes evidence for the existence of a wage curve – a downward-sloping relationship between the level of pay and the local unemployment rate – in modern micro data. At the time of writing, the curve has been found in 40 nations. Its elasticity is approximately -0.1. %K wage determination %K unemployment %K wage curve %K Phillips curve