To test the role of bank lending in transmitting currency crisis we examine a panel of BIS data on bank flows to 30 …

-sector employment and have helped raise standards of living. However, the growth model has involved costs: the public-sector wage bill … is relatively high, there is limited employment of nationals in the private sector, labor productivity has declined or …

This paper discusses tax and expenditure policy reforms to raise employment. Using data for 58 advanced and emerging …. The focus is on incentives to increase labor demand and supply rather than on the impact of fiscal policy on employment … principles which should guide the design of country-specific fiscal reforms to boost employment. A comprehensive set of tables on …

In flow models of the labor market, wages are determined by negotiations between workers and employers on the surplus …

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 … employment is positively associated with the relaxation of resource constraints (the revenue-to-GDP ratio and foreign financing …

The growth rate of real hourly wages in France has fallen below the trend growth rate of total factor productivity. The … distribution of wage and earnings growth has not been uniform across deciles. A breakdown in employment growth by wage deciles also …. Microeconometric estimations provide evidence of an outward shift in the relationship between wages and unemployment that is …

developing countries been responsible for thelowered wages of the unskilled, increased unemployment, and widenedincome inequality …

This Selected Issues paper reviews recent developments in growth and employment in Bulgaria and highlights key … and financial stabilization in 1997. The global economic crisis had a major effect on Bulgarian growth and employment … its 2008 level. However, employment growth was negative during 2009–2012, and the first small uptick occurred only in …