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Why Are Women Working so Much More in Canada? An International Perspective

Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper analyzes the role of the tax and benefit system in spurring the impressive increase in Canadian female labor participation in the last decade. Using annual panel data for 10 large industrial countries over the period 1980-2001, I find that reforms in the Canadian tax and benefit...

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Reforming Labor and Product Markets; Some Lessons From Two Decades of Experiments in Europe

Boeri, Tito - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

This paper evaluates European structural reforms over the last 20 years, in light of economic theory predictions about interactions between labor and product market reforms. Reforms in labor markets occur at higher frequencies than in product market, which are, however, more coherent. These...

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Chronicle of a Decline Foretold; Has China Reached the Lewis Turning Point?

Das, Mitali; N'Diaye, Papa M - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

China is on the eve of a demographic shift that will have profound consequences on its economic and social landscape. Within a few years the working age population will reach a historical peak, and then begin a precipitous decline. This fact, along with anecdotes of rapidly rising migrant wages...

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Italy; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

Based on the economic literature, various policy measures and institutions in the product and labor markets that increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between Vertical Fiscal Imbalances (VFIs) and fiscal performance...

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Informal Labour and Credit Markets: A Survey

Levine, Paul; Lotti, Emanuela; Batini, Nicoletta; Kim, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

This paper reviews the literature on the informal economy, focusing first on empirical findings and then on existing approaches to modeling informality within both partial and general equilibrium environments. We concentrate on labour and credit markets, since these tend to be most affected by...

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Yen Bloc or Yuan Bloc; An Analysis of Currency Arrangements in East Asia

Shirono, Kazuko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper examines the role of Japan against that of China in the exchange rate regime in East Asia in light of … generate higher average welfare gains for East Asian countries than currency unions with Japan or the United States. Overall …, Japan does not appear to be a dominant player in forming a currency union in East Asia, and this trend is likely to continue …

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Japanese Corporate Groups and Imports

Citrin, Daniel - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992

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The Path to Higher Growth; Does Revamping Japanâ€™s Dual Labor Market Matter?

Aoyagi, Chie; Ganelli, Giovanni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

This paper argues that Japan’s excessive labor market duality can reduce Total Factor Productivity (TFP) due to a … employment protection between regular and non-regular workers would substantially reduce labor market duality in Japan. One …

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Shock from Graying; Is the Demographic Shift Weakening Monetary Policy Effectiveness

Imam, Patrick A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

effectiveness may moderate in graying societies. It then uses Bayesian estimation techniques for the U.S., Canada, Japan, U.K., and …

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Territorial vs. Worldwide Corporate Taxation; Implications for Developing Countries

Matheson, Thornton; Perry, Victoria J.; Veung, Chandara - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

Global investment patterns mean that effective taxation of foreign investors is of increasing importance to the economies of lower income countries. It is thus of considerable concern that the historical framework for cross-border income tax arrangements is not always well suited to allow...

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