Price shocks are passed on to consumers when positive, but hardly passed on when negative.
Source: Goldman Sachs
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Here is a figure showing the various OECD countries minimum wages as a ratio of median. Average around 60%.
But many at or above 2/3.
Then there is an outlier, the US.
Joint work with @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social ๐
Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Ungated version: rdcu.be/fji4V