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Structural Determinants of the Natural Rate of Unemployment in Canada
International Monetary Fund - 1989
This paper presents empirical estimates of the policy and structural determinants of the natural rate of unemployment … in Canada. The paper begins with a discussion of structural features of the economy which impinge on the adjustment of … real wages to their equilibrium level. Estimates are presented showing how the generosity of the unemployment insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396305
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A Systems Approach to Estimating the Natural Rate of Unemployment and Potential Output for the United States
International Monetary Fund - 1989
The methodology used in this paper has three distinguishing features: the natural rate of unemployment and potential …
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Australia : selected issues
Schule, Werner; Jauregui, Juan; Sun, Yan; Basu, Suman - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510794
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Denmark; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Selected Issues paper for Denmark shows that a demographic shift will have several impacts on the economy. The decline in the relative size of the labor force will result in relatively fewer goods produced. This effect will be particularly strong, because a large portion of the current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244195
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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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Kingdom of the Netherlands; Netherlands: 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
Strong macroeconomic foundations have so far largely shielded the Netherlands from recent financial turbulence. Despite a tightening labor market, inflation remains subdued. Employment has grown 1¼–1½ percent in 2007, on par with the rest of the Euro area. The external current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244374
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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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Denmark; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The paper discusses the flexicurity model, its key policy elements, and association with a low unemployment rate and a … high standard of social security for the unemployed. It provides details of an empirical analysis of unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245015
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Portugal: Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement and Request for a Waiver of Applicability of End-June Performance Criteria; Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Boar...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This paper discusses findings of the fourth review under an Extended Fund Facility Arrangement with Portugal. One year into the program, the authorities are making progress in reducing economic imbalances. The delicate balance between orderly deleveraging and improving competitiveness also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245120
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Belgium; Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This 2011 Article IV Consultation reports that the vulnerability of Belgium’s sovereign debt to market pressures makes credible medium-term fiscal consolidation a priority. The 2012 budget includes sizable consolidation measures, and the government is committed to take additional measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245533