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Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper examines the Islamic Republic of Mauritania’s adoption of its third Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) action plan, covering the medium term (2011–2015). Poverty reduction as the ultimate objective of all of the country’s economic social and institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243787
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Wage Compression, Employment Restrictions and Unemployment; The Case of Mauritius
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
Governments often intervene in labor markets with the aim of reducing inequality and promoting employment. Such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826536
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The Italian Labor Market; Recent Trends, Institutions, and Reform Options
Schindler, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
's employment and productivity outcomes continue to lag behind those of its European peers. This paper reviews Italy's institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826596
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Can Policies Affect Employment Intensity of Growth? A Cross-Country Analysis
Furceri, Davide; Crivelli, Ernesto; Toujas-Bernate, Joël - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural … and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the … reducing government size have a significant and positive impact on employment elasticities. In addition, the results also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011155507
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Structural Transformation and the Volatility of Aggregate Output in OECD Countries
Ngouana, Constant Lonkeng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper finds a negative relationship between the employment share of the service sector and the volatility of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142123
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Cross-Cutting Themes in Employment Experiences during the Crisis
Vamvakidis, Athanasios; Vitek, Francis; Nkusu, Mwanza; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
with similar downturns had very different employment trends can help design policies to reduce such costs and improve labor … markets. This paper analyzes the recent employment experiences of six economies: Germany, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142213
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Crises, Labor Market Policy, and Unemployment
Furceri, Davide; Bernal-Verdugo, Lorenzo E.; Guillaume, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Using a sample of 97 countries spanning the period 1980?2008, we estimate that financial crises have a large negative impact on unemployment in the short term, but that this effect rapidly disappears in the medium term in countries with flexible labor market institutions, whereas the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654166
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Employment Protection and Business Cycles in Emerging Economies
Lama, Ruy; Urrutia, Carlos - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
We build a small open economy, real business cycle model with labor market frictions to evaluate the role of employment … significant change in aggregate employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401199
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Labor and Product Market Deregulation; Partial, Sequential, or Simultaneous Reform?
Berger, Helge; Danninger, Stephan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This study explores the effects of labor and product market deregulation on employment growth. Our empirical results … employment growth, including through sizable interaction effects. Based on these findings, the paper develops a theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769319
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Republic of Belarus; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper describes labor market trends in Belarus and the role of labor market institutions in the outcome. The paper examines the current status of the tax system in Belarus and assesses recent efforts to reform it. It argues that the current tax system in Belarus is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591560