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Do Active Labor Market Policies Increase Employment?
Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
by reducing real wages below levels allowed by technological growth, changes in the unemployment rate, and institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604960
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Republic of Tajikistan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Second Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Second Progress Report on Tajikistan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) discusses key developments in the status and dynamics of poverty-related indicators in the country during 2004. Although economic growth has generated significant reductions in poverty rates in the past...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824948
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Spain; Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation; Public Information Notice; Statement by the Staff Representative; and Statement by the Executive Director for Spain.
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
concerns. A bold strengthening of labor market reforms is needed to substantially reduce unacceptably high unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244001
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Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
JEL Cl This study constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores … the determinants of unemployment. We compare different countries, finding that unemployment is influenced by the size of … increases in unemployment over time, finding that they are caused by contractions in aggregate demand. These demand contractions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369453
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Macroeconomic Evaluation of Labor Market Reform in Germany
Krebs, Tom; Scheffel, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
German unemployment insurance system and resulted in a significant reduction in unemployment benefits for the long …-term unemployed. In this paper, we use an incomplete-market model with search unemployment to evaluate the macro-economic and welfare …-run (noncyclical) unemployment rate in Germany by 1.4 percentage points. We also find that the welfare of employed households increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790434
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Fostering Growth in Europe Now
Barkbu, Bergljot; Rahman, Jesmin; Valdés, Rodrigo O. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790482
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Long-Run Productivity Shifts and Cyclical Fluctuations; Evidence for Italy
Sgherri, Silvia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Using unobserved stochastic components and Kalman filter techniques, the paper assesses the relative importance of transitory and permanent shifts in Italian real GDP within a production function framework. Evidence suggests that the increase in hours worked that has accompanied pension and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605077
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China's Labor Market Performance and Challenges
Ran, Tao; Brooks, Ray - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
that if annual GDP growth averages 7 percent and the employment elasticity is one-half, urban unemployment could double to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605174
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China's Growth and Integration into the World Economy; Prospects and Challenges
Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
China’s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in China’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252521
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Cape Verde; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper focuses on Cape Verde’s Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS). The GPRS is part of a broader strategic planning exercise that has been under way in Cape Verde and has as main pillars the Grand Options of the Plan 2002–05 (GOP) and the National Development Plan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252928