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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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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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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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