KETEGARAN UPAH NOMINAL UNTUK TURUN: BUKTI EMPIRIS EKSPERIMEN

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the downward nominal wage rigidity and the difference in degree of downward nominal wage rigidity between the economy with unemployment benefits and the economy without unemployment
benefit. An experimental method in the form of nominal wage bargaining between employees and employers was aplied in this study. The subject of the experiment are the alumni of UPN “Veteran†Yogyakarta who have
work experience at least 1 year. Panel data regression and t- test was employed to make conclusions from the experiment. Results show that there is evidence of downward nominal wage rigidity. Nominal wages in the
economy with unemployment benefits was proved to be more rigid to decrease than the nominal wages in the economy without unemployment benefit.