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Blasio, Guido De; Addario, Sabrina Di - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

the likelihood of transiting from wage-and-salary to self-employment. Finally, there is no evidence of higher district …

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Regional Labor Market Disparities in Belgium

Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

employment growth, in contrast to the United States where initial labor demand shocks are expanded in the long run. After the …

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Wage Moderation in France

Estevão, Marcello M.; Nargis, Nigar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

large between 1996 and 2000 and undoubtedly contributed strongly to the exceptional employment performance during that …

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How Competitive is Irish Manufacturing?

Cerra, Valerie; Soikkeli, Jarkko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

a disproportionately smaller share of manufacturing employment, and competitiveness in employment-intensive sectors has … been much weaker. This paper thus explores Irish competitiveness from the viewpoint of risks to employment. …

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Are the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek?

Estevão, Marcello M.; Sa, Filipa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

increased in large firms. Employment of persons directly affected by the law declined, although the net effect on aggregate … employment was not significant. …

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Do Active Labor Market Policies Increase Employment?

Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

Using panel data for 15 industrial countries, active labor market policies (ALMPs) are shown to have raised employment … variables. Among such policies, direct subsidies to job creation were the most effective. ALMPs also affected employment rates …

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Product Market Regulation and the Benefits of Wage Moderation

Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

output and employment. …

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Alternative Methods of Estimating Potential Output and the Output Gap; An Application to Sweden

Saxena, Sweta Chaman; Cerra, Valerie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper reviews a number of different methods that can be used to estimate potential output and the output gap. Measures of potential output and the output gap are useful to help identify the scope for sustainable noninflationary growth and to allow an assessment of the stance of...

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Has the Great Recession Raised U.S. Structural Unemployment?

Estevão, Marcello M.; Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

The recent crisis has had differential effects across U.S. states and industries causing a wide geographic dispersion in skill mismatches and housing market performance. We document these facts and, using data from the 50 states plus D.C from 1991 to 2008, we present econometric evidence that...

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Institutions, Informality, and Wage Flexibility; Evidence From Brazil

Filho, Irineu E. Carvalho; Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

Even though institutions are created to protect workers, they may interfere with labor market functioning, raise unemployment, and end up being circumvented by informal contracts. This paper uses Brazilian microeconomic data to show that the institutional changes introduced by the 1988...

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