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shadow real wages

shadow real wages is the plural of shadow real wage.

Meaning of shadow real wage

Noun

shadow real wage (plural shadow real wages)

  1. A shadow price of labor, i. e. a real wage which is not based on actual market exchanges.
    • Lucas has said that he finds [involuntary unemployment] a mysterious notion, but in fact it is crystal clear: the shadow real wage of the unemployed is below the prevailing real wage.1982, Frank Hahn, Monetary and Inflation, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, page 49

Questions about shadow real wages

What is shadow real wages the plural of?
Shadow real wages is the plural of shadow real wage.

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