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in wages should be complemented with appropriate monitoring and penalty rates for effective tax administration …
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Almost four years since the onset of the global financial and economic crisis, unemployment and underemployment remain stubbornly high in many G20 countries, and many workers remain trapped in low paid, often informal, jobs with little social protection. Job creation has been anemic in many...
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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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We study the impact of a minimum wage on business cycle volatility, depending upon its coverage and adjustment mechanism. As with other small open economies, Hong Kong SAR is vulnerable to external shocks, with its exchange rate regime precluding active monetary policy. Adjustment to past shocks...
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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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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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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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developing countries been responsible for thelowered wages of the unskilled, increased unemployment, and widenedincome inequality …
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