Estimating the Real Wage Impact of a Terms-of-Trade Loss
A method to quantify the burden of higher import prices on workers involves comparing the magnitude of a country's terms-of-trade loss, taken as a proportion of the total wage and salary bill, with the corresponding decline in real wages. This analysis helps to determine the extent to which labor income is reduced by adverse price shocks.
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Figure 4.29 (Top Panel): UK Terms-of-Trade Loss and Real Wage Fall
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