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How Has the Globalization of Labor Affected the Labor Income Share in Advanced Countries?
Jaumotte, Florence; Tytell, Irina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
, India and the former Eastern bloc into the world trading system, the removal of restrictions on trade and capital flows, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768889
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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 constraints to growth suggested by cross-country competitiveness studies. Bulgaria’s GDP has grown substantially since economic and financial stabilization in 1997. The global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245618
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Burkina Faso; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) prepared by the Burkinabè government forms the principal benchmark for all development actors, and reaffirms the urgency of attacking poverty from a structural perspective. It is the primary tool for coordination of all interventions and of public aid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244817
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Tonga; 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that Tonga’s economy has shown resilience in the aftermath of the November 2006 riots and is now on a path to recovery. The key factor underpinning this resilience has been private investment. Donor-supported government reconstruction loans are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245814
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The Impact of Tradeon Wages; What If Countries Are Not Small?
Tokutsu, Ichiro; Saito, Mika - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
of trade on relative wages. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263956
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Returns to Human Capital and Investment in New Technology
Luzio, Rodolfo; Dunaway, Steven Vincent; Kaufman, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper presents a simple framework that illustrates the link between skill-based wage differentiation and human capital acquisition given skill-biased technical progress. The analysis points to the economic costs resulting from labor market and income redistribution policies that prevent the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264106
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Honduras; 2005 Article IV Consultation, Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Requests for Modification and Waiver of Perf...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This paper examines Honduras’s 2005 Article IV Consultation and Second Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. In the period 1960–2000, output growth in Honduras ranked among the lowest in the region. During the 1990s, when growth recovered in the rest of Central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825013
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Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality; Evidence From India
Mishra, Prachi; Kumar, Utsav - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
We evaluate empirically the impact of the dramatic 1991 trade liberalization in India on the industry wage structure …-induced productivity increases at the firm level, which get passed on to industry wages. Since tariff reductions were proportionately … liberalization has led to decreased wage inequality in India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825907
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What Determines the Reservation Wages of Unemployed Workers? New Evidence From German Micro Data
Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between reservation wages of unemployed workers and … perspective on how reservation wages change over time and how they correlate with accepted wage offers for workers who move from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826626
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Ghana; Economic Development in a Democratic Environment
Harnack, Joachim; Leite, Sérgio Pereira.; Fabrizio, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767349