Alguns economistas culpam os excessivos custos do trabalho pela falta de crescimento dos empregos produtivos nos países de baixa renda. Por exemplo, um artigo de 2005 do Banco Mundial, intitulado ?Jobs in Kenia: Concept Note? (Empregos no Quênia: Notas Conceituais) dá primordial ênfase à...

Certains économistes mettent le coût excessif du travail sur le compte d?une stagnation du nombre d?emplois productifs dans les pays à faible revenu. C?est la thèse qu?avance un document de la Banque Mondiale publié en 2005 intitulé Jobs in Kenya: Concept Note (Les emplois au Kenya :...

Algunos economistas culpan a los altos costos de mano de obra por la falta de crecimiento de trabajo productivo en países de bajos ingresos. Por ejemplo, un artículo del Banco Mundial, ?Jobs in Kenya: Concept Note? (Trabajos en Kenia: Nota Conceptual), pone énfasis a esta explicación. Pero,...

This IPC Country Study by Robert Pollin and James Heintz examines three policy areas related to monetary policies in Kenya: inflation dynamics and the relationship between inflation and long-run growth; monetary policy targets and instruments; and exchange rate dynamics and the country?s...

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This paper reviews the growth, employment, and poverty record of The Gambia focusing on the macroeconomic environment and the structure and functioning of labour markets. Its aim is to identify areas where current policies can be improved or where more knowledge needs to be generated to better...

Pollin and Heintz examine the factors contributing to the recent run up in gas prices for consumers. They find that to a significant extent, this is the result of the economy moving out of a deep recession, into a recovery, which has increased the demand for gasoline. But a major additional...

This Research Brief reviews the available recent evidence on trading costs and trading “elasticities” in U.S. financial markets and elsewhere, in order to inform ongoing discussions as to the viability of establishing a financial transaction tax (FTT) for U.S. financial markets....