Low real wages and high unemployment: the key to Europe's job crisis.
The article explores how wage negotiations between employers and labor unions can affect real wages and unemployment rates. When parties don't consider all economic effects, low wages and unemployment occur. Considering some effects leads to high wages and unemployment, possibly explaining high joblessness in Europe. However, when all effects are considered, low wages and unemployment return. This shows a pattern where the level of feedback effects considered by bargaining parties influences wages and joblessness.