The Determinants of Real Wages in the Algerian Economic Sector During the Period (1980-2020)

Abstract

This reseach aims to study and analyse the relationship between real wages in the
economic sector and their macroeconomic determinants in Algeria during the period (1980-
2020) with an attempt to develop a standard model using an autoregressive model with
distributed lag periods ARDL. The study concluded with the result result that there is a
significant positive effect in the long run the gross domestic product, oil prices and inflation rate
affect real wages in the Algerian economic sector . The study also showed a significant negative
impact of both total productivity in the economic sector and the the unemployment rate on real
wages in in the economic sector.