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Denmark; Selected Issues
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245015
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825613
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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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Service offshoring, Productivity, and Employment; Evidence From the United States
Amiti, Mary; Wei, Shang-Jin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
employment when industries are finely disaggregated (450 manufacturing industries). However, this affect disappears at more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768861
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151232
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Why Has Unemployment in Algeria Been Higher Than in Mena and Transition Countries
Kpodar, Kangni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper analyzes the determinants of labor market performance in Algeria. When the model is estimated with panel data on a sample of MENA and transition countries for 1995- 2005, the results suggest that lower growth in labor productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248294
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Canadian Firm and Job Dynamics
Balakrishnan, Ravi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
To understand better Canada's smooth reallocation of labor in response to the recent commodity price boom, but seemingly poor productivity performance, this paper examines job and firm dynamics in Canada relative to the United States. Overall, it finds that while Canada's labor market efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263929
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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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Colombia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper examines conditions in Colombian labor markets, which present a big challenge to the country. At end-2004, the unemployment rate amounted to 12 percent, and about one-third of the labor force was considered underemployed. The paper reviews labor market developments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824954
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Portugal; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper on Portugal reviews the considerations regarding productivity slowdown. The favorable evolution of income growth from the 1970s to the mid-1990s in Portugal was associated with above-average productivity growth but also reflected a more moderate decline in the amount...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825549