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Christiansen, Lone Engbo - 2009

This paper presents a simultaneous assessment of the relationship between economic performance and three groups of economic reforms: domestic finance, trade, and the capital account. Among these, domestic financial reforms, and trade reforms, are robustly associated with economic growth, but...

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Chronicle of a decline foretold : has China reached the Lewis Turning Point?

Das, Mitali; N'Diaye, Papa M'B. P. - 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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Did the COVID-19 Recession Increase the Demand for Digital Occupations in the United States? Evidence from Employment and Vacancies Data

Soh, Jiaming - 2022

COVID-19 recession experienced a larger increase in the share of digital occupations in both employment and newly …

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Minimum Wages and Firm Employment: Evidence from China

Huang, Yi; Loungani, Prakash; Wang, Gewei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

This paper provides the first systematic study of how minimum wage policies in China affect firm employment over the … impact on employment, with an estimated elasticity of -0.1. Furthermore, we find a heterogeneous effect of the minimum wage … on employment which depends on the firm's wage level. Specifically, the minimum wage has a greater negative impact on …

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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...

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The Shortcomings of a Partial Release of Employment Protection Laws; The Case of the 2005 French Reform

Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

countries or reforms of employment protection laws. Using a model that captures the characteristics of the French labor market …, we simulate the effects of this reform on unemployment, employment, and welfare. We estimate that the CNE will lead to …

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How Does Employment Protection Legislation Affect Unemployment in Tunisia? a Search Equilibrium Approach

Fanizza, Domenico; Koranchelian, Taline - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

This paper applies a search matching model with firing restrictions to examine whether the existence of firing restrictions affects the outcome of the matching process and the natural rate of unemployment in Tunisia. The paper concludes that the removal of firing restrictions is likely to...

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Can Institutional Reform Reduce Job Destruction and Unemployment Duration? Yes it Can

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

unemployment level at which such preferences are satisfied Using a panel of 20 OECD countries over 1985-2008, we find employment …

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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...

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Unemployment and Productivity in the Long Run; The Role of Macroeconomic Volatility

Surico, Paolo; Ricci, Luca Antonio; Benigno, Pierpaolo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

We propose a theory of low-frequency movements in unemployment based on asymmetric real wage rigidities. The theory generates two main predictions: long-run unemployment increases with (i) a fall in long-run productivity growth and (ii) a rise in the variance of productivity growth. Evidence...

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