Regional labor market discrepancies have been widening in Belgium in the last two decades and are more evident within … particular demographic groups. These developments can largely be accounted for by worse matching of people to jobs in the high …-unemployment provinces. Using a structural VAR, it is also shown that labor market dynamics in Belgium produce a strong attenuating effect on …

Labor markets around the world have become increasingly integrated over the last two decades, with the entry of China … rapid technological progress. At the same time, the share of labor in national income decreased in most advanced countries …. This paper uses a labor share equation derived from a translog revenue function to estimate the contributions of …

decline in the relative size of the labor force will result in relatively fewer goods produced. This effect will be …

high on the government’s agenda. Tax reforms have improved the economy’s growth potential. Reforms in financial, labor … risks. Structural reforms in labor and product markets remain essential to boost long-term growth and secure fiscal …

available labor. In the aftermath of the crisis, boosting growth is essential to prevent unemployment from becoming a long …-term problem and to facilitate the return to fiscal sustainability. Labor utilization in the euro area has been lagging …, policies and institutions matter more. And there is little excuse for relatively low labor productivity, a particular bane in …

This paper analyzes the determinants of labor market performance in Algeria. When the model is estimated with panel … data on a sample of MENA and transition countries for 1995- 2005, the results suggest that lower growth in labor … shocks have helped Algeria reduce the differential. Labor market rigidities and labor taxation do not seem to explain why …