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Unemployment, especially youth unemployment, is a serious problem for the Republic of Congo. Despite the economic … recovery and political stabilization in the last decade, insufficient employment has been created, leading to high unemployment …
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transfer effect of social programs; and, fourth, it looks at some special issues that impact on poverty, namely unemployment …, and the problems of indigenous peoples. Given the relatively high levels of unemployment, the persistence in educational … as well, further labor code, and unemployment insurance system reforms; efforts to consolidate, and intensify the quality …
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Heightened uncertainty since the onset of the Great Recession has materially increased saving rates, contributing to lower consumption and GDP growth. Consistent with a model of precautionary savings in the face of uncertainty, we find for a panel of advanced economies that greater labor income...
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Italy’s deep-rooted structural problems resulted in an unsatisfactory productivity performance and a dismal growth over the last 15 years. The global financial crisis has exacerbated these long-standing weaknesses, taking a heavy toll on Italy’s economy. With output back to its...
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The Chinese government has recently focused on the need to increase consumption to rebalance the economy. A widely held view is that despite China's remarkably high growth, the share of consumption in total expenditure has been low and declining due to high and rising saving rate of Chinese...
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perception of risk by markets. We also find some weak evidence that IT countries did better on unemployment rates and advanced IT …
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Using a production function method, this paper assesses the impact of the global crisis on the potential growth of Australia and New Zealand. The two countries have not been hit hard by the global crisis, but have large net external liabilities. The paper finds that the main negative impact of...
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This paper examines the factors and constraints that affect recent and potential growth in Croatia, as well as policies that can influence it. On current productivity trends, it estimates Croatia's potential growth rate at 4-4½ percent, a result reasonably robust to different methodologies....
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Lucas (2004) asserts that "Of the tendencies that are harmful to sound economics, the most seductive, and in my opinion the most poisonous, is to focus on questions of distribution... The potential for improving the lives of poor people by finding different ways of distributing current...
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