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In this chapter we discuss some research undertaken in order to improve the properties of the earnings equations in the Bank of England’s quarterly macroeconomic model of the UK economy.
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Mackie, D.J. (1990). A three-sector model of earnings behaviour. In: Henry, S.G.B., Patterson, K.D. (eds) Economic Modelling at the Bank of England. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0419-4_1
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