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International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

The paper discusses the flexicurity model, its key policy elements, and association with a low unemployment rate and a high standard of social security for the unemployed. It provides details of an empirical analysis of unemployment performance and the flexicurity model. It also presents...

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Danish for All? Balancing Flexibility with Security; The Flexicurity Model

Zhou, Jian-Ping - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

The Danish flexicurity model has attracted attention among policymakers in Europe, because it suggests that a flexible labor market can coexist with a generous welfare system to achieve low unemployment. Using a panel of 19 countries over 1960-2002, the paper identifies the elements of the...

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Service offshoring, Productivity, and Employment; Evidence From the United States

Amiti, Mary; Wei, Shang-Jin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

, using instrumental variables estimation to address the potential endogeneity of offshoring. It finds that service offshoring … employment when industries are finely disaggregated (450 manufacturing industries). However, this affect disappears at more …

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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 …

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The Real Exchange Rate and Employment in China

Dao, Mai; Chen, Ruo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

We examine the impact of real exchange rate fluctuations on sectoral and regional employment in China from 1980 to 2008 …. In contrast to theoretical predictions, employment in both the tradable and non-tradable sectors contracts following a … with employment data at the region-sector level. The results of this paper have important implications for China's labor …

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Qatar; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes: FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) is described. The two sectors that compose the financial system …

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Germany; Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010

This Detailed Assessment Report reviews antimoney laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML …/CFT) measures for Germany. The report reveals that Germany has introduced a number of measures in recent years to strengthen its AML …/CFT regime. Germany has generated a relatively large number of prosecutions for money laundering and orders to confiscate assets …

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