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In flow models of the labor market, wages are determined by negotiations between workers and employers on the surplus …
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The growth rate of real hourly wages in France has fallen below the trend growth rate of total factor productivity. The …. Microeconometric estimations provide evidence of an outward shift in the relationship between wages and unemployment that is …
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We study the determinants of employment and wages in the public sector, using a new set of panel data for 34 LDCs and … countries and private employment for OECD countries). Certain measures of government wages are positively associated with …
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developing countries been responsible for thelowered wages of the unskilled, increased unemployment, and widenedincome inequality …
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methodology is applied to Polish micro data. The estimates confirm that wages are less elastic in a high … wages, and thus, on the labor market and the real economy, were limited until 1998, but have been quite significant …
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Honduras’s request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries is discussed. The social consultation has allowed the government to implement a vital reform of public...
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and public pensions thus move in lock-step; they are both by law indexed to contract wages in the private sector. This … paper examines the structural policies of the Netherlands. Real wages and employment growth are also analyzed. …
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This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines inflation and wage dynamics in Finland. The paper discusses the data set used (quarterly data covering from 1975 to 1995) and the statistical properties of the relevant time series. It presents the model and the empirical estimates,...
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The staff report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation on the Central African Republic (CAR) highlights economic developments and performance. Revenue performance was disappointing, and there were sizable expenditure overruns, particularly on the wage bill. The authorities and IMF staff agreed on...
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-specific variable, it is known that there are K reservation wages that could be posted, but generically never more than two actually are … posted in equilibrium. What is unknown is when we get two wages, and which wages are actually posted. For an example with K … combination of posted reservation wages, depending on parameters. We also show how wages, profits, and unemployment depend on …
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