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Wage Moderation in France
Estevão, Marcello M.; Nargis, Nigar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Using household level data for France from 1990 to 2000, we estimate a relationship between wages and unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768837
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Are the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek?
Estevão, Marcello M.; Sa, Filipa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Legally mandated reductions in the workweek can be either a constraint on individuals' choice or a tool to coordinate individuals' preferences for lower work hours. We confront these two hypotheses by studying the consequences of the workweek reduction in France from 39 to 35 hours, which was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599717
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Product Market Regulation and the Benefits of Wage Moderation
Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
unemployment or faster growth. Weak output growth after such a cost shock is somewhat puzzling and has led some to question the … structurally slower real wage growth, that is, "wage moderation," does raise output growth and lower unemployment rates. However, I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605144
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Institutions, Informality, and Wage Flexibility; Evidence From Brazil
Filho, Irineu E. Carvalho; Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
unemployment, and end up being circumvented by informal contracts. This paper uses Brazilian microeconomic data to show that the … could have contributed to the ensuing higher rates of unemployment in the country. Moreover, the paper shows that states …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242295