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Unemployment and job creation in the GCC countries
Elasrag, Hussein - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The aim of this paper is to study unemployment and job creation in the GCC countries. Population growth rates in all …, unemployment could reach 40% for youths aged between 20 and 24, and higher for women. Creating appropriate job opportunities for … nationals, and reducing current unemployment, is a critical focus of GCC governments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110723
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Portugal; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper on Portugal reviews the considerations regarding productivity slowdown. The favorable evolution of income growth from the 1970s to the mid-1990s in Portugal was associated with above-average productivity growth but also reflected a more moderate decline in the amount...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825549
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Wage Compression, Employment Restrictions and Unemployment; The Case of Mauritius
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
relatively minor intervention can dramatically increase the fragility of jobs, the length of unemployment spells, as well as the … extent of unemployment and labor market churning. With institutions of the type studied here common across many different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826536
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Belgium; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
Belgium has effected a remarkable fiscal adjustment, best illustrated by the decline in its public debt. While benefiting from an appreciable decline in interest rates, most of the underlying consolidation reflected a considerable increase in the tax burden, one of the highest in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768647
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Real Unit Labor Costs Differentials in EMU+L4700; How Big, How Benign and How Reversible?
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Real unit labor costs (RULC) growth differentials between euro area members have persisted since EMU began and even widened out in the run-up to the crisis. This paper focuses on the causes underlying such dispersion. According to our empirical findings, persistent RULC growth differentials can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019597
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Italy; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Based on the economic literature, various policy measures and institutions in the product and labor markets that increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between Vertical Fiscal Imbalances (VFIs) and fiscal performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244125
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
The Macedonian labor market exhibits a high unemployment rate, yet does not demonstrate obvious and large enough …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244331
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Finland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
the limitation of current unemployment and disability benefit schemes. The paper identifies possible strategies to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244764
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Bangladesh; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
The Sixth Five Year Plan, as outlined in Bangladesh's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, targets strategic growth and employment. The medium-term macroeconomic framework plan entails the involvement of both the private and public sectors. Human resources development strategy programs reaching out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244942
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Republic of Estonia; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Estonia has succeeded in reducing its macroeconomic imbalances and vulnerabilities, but faces the challenge of preserving its hard-earned fiscal and financial stability and enhancing long-term growth prospects. In this regard, adopting a fully fledged medium-term fiscal framework can help assess...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245026