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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 constraints on the demand or supply side. Considerable achievements can be made by maintaining macroeconomic stability, attracting FDI, and closing the educational gaps. The second...
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
a tightening labor market, inflation remains subdued. Employment has grown 1¼–1½ percent in 2007, on par with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244374
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Finland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
€”to improve employment rates in Finland. It summarizes recent labor market developments in Finland, and investigates respectively … activate recipients, and focuses on strategies to boost youth employment rates. The paper also discusses the possibility of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244764
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Romania; Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This paper on Romania was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on September 13, 2012. The views expressed in this...
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Lifting Euro Area Growth; Priorities for Structural Reforms and Governance
Everaert, Luc; Allard, Céline - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
. Differences in labor taxation, unemployment benefit systems, and employment protection will need to be reduced. Improving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245859
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Cape Verde; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper focuses on Cape Verde’s Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS). The GPRS is part of a broader strategic planning exercise that has been under way in Cape Verde and has as main pillars the Grand Options of the Plan 2002–05 (GOP) and the National Development Plan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252928
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Republic of Armenia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
governance. It reviews the employment issues and trends in the budget framework, and also analyzes the implementation, monitoring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825381
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Portugal; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper on Portugal reviews the considerations regarding productivity slowdown. The favorable evolution of income growth from the 1970s to the mid-1990s in Portugal was associated with above-average productivity growth but also reflected a more moderate decline in the amount...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825549
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Banks and Labor As Stakeholders; Impacton Economic Performance
Ueda, Kenichi; Claessens, Stijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
affected by bank branch deregulation and employment protection occurring over 1972-1993. We find that financial liberalization …, employment protection promotes those industries that are more knowledge intensive, while the effect of financial liberalization … an efficiency channel, better reallocating resources across sectors, while employment protection creates higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825652
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The Effects of Early Retirementon Youth Unemployment; The Case of Belgium
Pestieau, Pierre; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Jousten, Alain; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
In this paper, we describe the changes of (early) retirement programs over time and study the link between trends in elderly labor force participation and youth unemployment. From a theoretical point of view, there is no convincing argument that the idea of a lump-of-labor should hold. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825708