• The sticky wage theory states that wages are resilient to decline even as economic conditions worsen.

  • This is because workers will fight against wage cuts and therefore the firm will seek to cut costs elsewhere, including through layoffs if profitability falls.
  • Because wages tend to be sticky, real wages are instead declining due to the impact of inflation.
  • A key element of Keynesian economics, “stickiness” is seen in other areas as well, such as certain prices and levels of taxation.