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Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper investigates the determinants of tourism demand in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. We estimate the demand function in a panel setting using annual data from 1979 to 2005. Results show that tourism arrivals are significantly affected by economic developments in the source...

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Eastern Caribbean Currency Union; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the competitive threats to the tourism sector in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). The paper concludes that the ECCU countries have lost competitiveness globally and vis-à-vis newly emergent Caribbean tourist destinations as a result of both price...

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Gender Budgeting

Stotsky, Janet Gale - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

Women are disadvantaged relative to men, according to key economic, social, and political measures of equality, but in … arbitrary discrimination against women. …

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India: Selected Issues Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2015

This Selected Issues paper examines how surges in global financial market volatility spill over to emerging market economies (EMs) including India. The results suggest that a surge in global financial market volatility is transmitted very strongly to key macroeconomic and financial variables of...

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Austria; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

-skilled workers and women. The IMF report highlights that social security contributions and payroll taxes amount to almost 50 percent …

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Hungary: Selected Issues Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2015

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Fair Play:; More Equal Laws Boost Female Labor Force Participation

Gonzales, Christian; Jain-Chandra, Sonali; Kochhar, Kalpana - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015

study suggest that it would be beneficial to level the playing field by removing obstacles that prevent women from becoming …

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Revisiting the Determinants of Productivity Growth; What's new?

Loko, Boileau; Diouf, Mame Astou - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

rationalizing government size, shifting resources from low-productivity sectors to higher ones, and encouraging women to enter the …

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Household Income As a Determinant of Child Labor and School Enrollment in Brazil; Evidence From a Social Security Reform

Filho, Irineu E. Carvalho - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper studies the effects of household income on labor participation and school enrollment of children aged 10 to 14 in Brazil using a social security reform as a source of exogenous variation in household income. Estimates imply that the gap between actual and full school enrollment was...

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Women, Work, and the Economy:Macroeconomic Gains from Gender Equity

Elborgh-Woytek, Katrin; Newiak, Monique; Kochhar, Kalpana; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The proposed SDN discusses the specific macro-critical aspects of women’s participation in the labor market and the … constraints that prevent women from developing their full economic potential. Building on earlier Fund analysis, work undertaken …

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