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Republic of Armenia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
governance. It reviews the employment issues and trends in the budget framework, and also analyzes the implementation, monitoring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825381
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Does Public-Sector Employment Fully Crowd Out Private-Sector Employment?
Behar, Alberto; Mok, Junghwan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
We quantify the extent to which public-sector employment crowds out private-sector employment using specially assembled … private-sector employment rates and high proportions of government-sector employment. Regressions of either private …-sector employment rates or unemployment rates on two measures of public-sector employment point to full crowding out. This means that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790351
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Finland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
€”to improve employment rates in Finland. It summarizes recent labor market developments in Finland, and investigates respectively … the limitation of current unemployment and disability benefit schemes. The paper identifies possible strategies to … activate recipients, and focuses on strategies to boost youth employment rates. The paper also discusses the possibility of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244764
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Senegal; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
It is vital to achieve both high levels of sustained, long lasting growth and better income distribution through the Accelerated Growth Strategy in Senegal. In terms of macroeconomic performance, the annual average growth rate dropped owing to exogenous shocks and low productivity in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244968
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Bulgaria: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Selected Issues paper reviews recent developments in growth and employment in Bulgaria and highlights key … and financial stabilization in 1997. The global economic crisis had a major effect on Bulgarian growth and employment … its 2008 level. However, employment growth was negative during 2009–2012, and the first small uptick occurred only in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245618
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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 the rural population and that the effects of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369453
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Netherlands; Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1996
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825115
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Has the Great Recession Raised U.S. Structural Unemployment?
Estevão, Marcello M.; Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
The recent crisis has had differential effects across U.S. states and industries causing a wide geographic dispersion in skill mismatches and housing market performance. We document these facts and, using data from the 50 states plus D.C from 1991 to 2008, we present econometric evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019607
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Serbia and Montenegro; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Progress Reports
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This paper discusses the First Progress Report on the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in Serbia. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Serbia and its implementation complement the efforts of Serbia in the European Union integration process. The PRSP also includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245601
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Republic of Armenia; Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The key findings of Republic of Armenia’s Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper are reviewed. Macroeconomic and fiscal framework has been completely revised, taking into account the 2007 outcomes, tendencies developed during 2008, and challenges, particularly the projected increase of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245722