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Migration, Human Capital, and Poverty in a Dual-Economy of a Developing Country
Masson, Paul R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The coexistence of urban and rural poverty and migration to cities is studied in a dual economy model where the acquisition of skills is costly and involves migration to urban areas. In this model, both the distribution of innate abilities and the distribution of wealth matter for the migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826021
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Privatization in East Germany; A Survey of Current Issues
Bös, Dieter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
This paper deals with the privatization, restructuring, and liquidation of East German industrial firms. A partnership model is suggested for privatization where the Government’s property trust (Treuhandanstait (THA)) is made a silent partner of the private investors. The application of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768873
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To Fire or to Hoard? Explaining Japan’s Labor Market Response in the Great Recession
Steinberg, Chad; Nakane, Masato - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
The Great Recession pushed Japan’s unemployment rate to historic highs, but the increase has been small by international standards and small relative to the large output shock. This paper explores Japan’s cyclical labor market response to the global financial crisis. Our findings suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839361
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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
Strong macroeconomic foundations have so far largely shielded the Netherlands from recent financial turbulence. Despite a tightening labor market, inflation remains subdued. Employment has grown 1¼–1½ percent in 2007, on par with the rest of the Euro area. The external current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244374
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Ireland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
The Selected Issues paper analyzes how fast Ireland will grow in the future. The approach of this paper is to consider the catch-up in labor utilization productivity and use independent demographic projections and other considerations to make reasonable assumptions about labor productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825025
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Greece; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper analyzes the growth prospects of the Greek economy. It is estimated that exceptional factors boosted growth by 1 percentage point per year in recent years and, under current trends and policies, growth is likely to drop to about 3 percent by the end of the decade. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825203
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Work Absence in Europe
Bonato, Leo; Lusinyan, Lusine - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
Work absence is an important part of the individual decision on actual working hours. This paper focuses on sickness absence in Europe and develops a stylized model where absence is part of the labor-leisure decision made by workers and the production decision made by profit-maximizing firms,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826222
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The Italian Labor Market; Recent Trends, Institutions, and Reform Options
Schindler, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
landscape and labor market trends from a cross-country perspective, and discusses possible avenues for further reform. The … policy discussion draws on international reform experience and on simulations based on a calibrated labor market matching … model. A key lesson is that the details of reform design, and the sequencing of reforms, matter greatly for labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826596
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Australia; Background Material
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1995
evolutionary reform of the industrial relations system. The paper reviews developments in employment, wages, and productivity in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768464
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Labor and Product Market Deregulation; Partial, Sequential, or Simultaneous Reform?
Berger, Helge; Danninger, Stephan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
framework for evaluating deregulation strategies in the presence of reform costs. Optimal deregulation takes various forms … depending on the deregulation costs, the strength of reform interactions, and the perspective of the policymaker. Unless …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769319