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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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Denmark; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
high standard of social security for the unemployed. It provides details of an empirical analysis of unemployment …The paper discusses the flexicurity model, its key policy elements, and association with a low unemployment rate and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245015
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France; 2005 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report, Staff Supplement, and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
growth. In 2004, growth was faster and more consumption-driven than in other large euro area countries. Employment growth in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825062
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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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Italy; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This Selected Issues Paper focuses on structural reforms and fiscal devaluation in Italy. Italy’s economy has a number of important strengths. Despite these strengths, Italy’s economic performance has lagged behind its peers. The authorities’ reform plans are under way in...
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Republic of Belarus; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper describes labor market trends in Belarus and the role of labor market institutions in the outcome. The paper examines the current status of the tax system in Belarus and assesses recent efforts to reform it. It argues that the current tax system in Belarus is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591560
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Colombia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
. At end-2004, the unemployment rate amounted to 12 percent, and about one-third of the labor force was considered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824954
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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 …Governments often intervene in labor markets with the aim of reducing inequality and promoting employment. Such … 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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Algeria; Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This paper analyzes Algeria’s unemployment and labor market developments and assesses the factors that may hamper … employment creation. It estimates employment-to-GDP elasticity for Algeria’s main sectors and different age groups, and … assesses the effect of improvements in Algeria’s labor market flexibility on unemployment outcomes. The results on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242638
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Republic of Armenia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
governance. It reviews the employment issues and trends in the budget framework, and also analyzes the implementation, monitoring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825381