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International Monetary Fund - 2005

We analyze labor market models where the law of one price does not hold-that is, models with equilibrium wage dispersion. We begin by assuming workers are ex ante heterogeneous, and highlight a flaw with this approach: if search is costly, the market shuts down. We then assume workers are...

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A Noteon Terms of Trade Shocks and the Wage Gap

International Monetary Fund - 2010

Using Chilean data, we document that for resource-rich small open economies the effects of terms of trade shocks on the wage gap (between skilled and unskilled workers) depend on factor intensities in the non-tradable sector, following the model in Galiani, Heymann, and Magud (2010). For a...

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Equilibrium Wage Dispersion : An Example

International Monetary Fund - 2006

Search models with posting and match-specific heterogeneity generate wage dispersion. Given K values for the match-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...

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Gender Budgeting in G7 Countries

International Monetary Fund - 2017

At the request of the Italian Presidency of the G7, the IMF has prepared a paper on gender-budgeting as a contribution … to the G7 initiative on equality. The paper provides an overview of gender-responsive budgeting concepts and practices in … the G7 countries. It summarizes recent trends in gender equality in G7 and advanced countries, noting that while equality …

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Government budgeting and expenditure controls : theory and practice

Premchand, Arigapudi; Premchand, A. - 1983

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A supply-side look at tax incentives : definition, design, and selection criteria of efficient tax incentives

Sanchez-Ugarte, Fernando (contributor); … - 1985

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Optimum currency areas : new analytical and policy developments

Bléjer, Mario I. (ed.) - International Monetary Fund - 1997

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Balance of payments concepts and definitions

1976 - 2. ed. Reprinted

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Advancing the frontiers of monetary policy

Adrian, Tobias (ed.); Laxton, Douglas (ed.); … - 2018

Inflation-forecast targeting is state of the art for monetary policy. This book explores first principles, including managing short-term policy trade-offs. The book also outlines efficient operational procedures and reviews the experiences of Canada, the Czech Republic, and India. The analysis...

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Making Public Investment More Efficient

International Monetary Fund - 2015

Public investment supports the delivery of key public services, connects citizens and firms to economic opportunities, and can serve as an important catalyst for economic growth. After three decades of decline, public investment has begun to recover as a share of GDP in emerging markets (EMs)...

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