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China's Growth and Integration into the World Economy; Prospects and Challenges
Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
China’s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in China’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252521
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What Determines the Reservation Wages of Unemployed Workers? New Evidence From German Micro Data
Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
macroeconomic factors--including the unemployment rate and generosity of the unemployment compensation system--as well as individual …-specific determinants, such as human capital proxies and length of unemployment spell. The longitudinal dataset provides an interesting … unemployment to employment. The findings shed light on the disincentive effects of the German tax and transfer system for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826626
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Hong Kong SAR; Meeting the Challenges of Integration with the Mainland
Lee, William; Chan-Lau, Jorge A.; Iakova, Dora M.; Papa … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This Occasional Paper provides an overview of the main challenges facing Hong Kong SAR as it continues to become more closely integrated with the mainland of China. Section I provides an overview of recent macroeconomic developments and the main policy issues in Hong Kong SAR. Section II...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590857
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The Unbearable Stability of the German Wage Structure; Evidence and Interpretation
Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
for interpreting trends in wage shares, capital-labor ratios, and aggregate unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599346