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Does Inflation Slow Long-Run Growth in India?
Mohaddes, Kamiar; Raissi, Mehdi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper examines the long-run relationship between consumer price index industrial workers (CPI-IW) inflation and …, there is a negative long-run relationship between inflation and economic growth in India. We also find statistically …-significant inflation-growth threshold effects in the case of states with persistently-elevated inflation rates of above 5.5 percent. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142122
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Can policies affect employment intensity of growth? : a cross-country analysis
Crivelli, Ernesto; Furceri, Davide; Toujas-Bernaté, Joël - 2012
The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the period 1991 - 2009, the results suggest that structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621620
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Can Women Save Japan?.
Steinberg, Chad - 2012
Japan's potential growth rate is steadily falling with the aging of its population. This paper explores the extent to which raising female labor participation can help slow this trend. Using a cross-country database we find that smaller families, higher female education, and lower marriage rates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690168
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Digitalization and Employment Gender Gaps During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
Yang, Yuanchen - 2024
Despite its negative effects, the COVID-19 pandemic has also accelerated Latin America's digitalization. The rapid increase in connectivity and digital services was helpful in mitigating the pandemic's negative impact on the labor markets, especially for those with enough flexibility to continue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058765
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Dissecting the Decline in Average Hours Worked in Europe
Astinova, Diva - 2024
Three years after the COVID-19 crisis, employment and total hours worked in Europe fully recovered, but average hours per worker did not. We analyze the decline in average hours worked across European countries and find that (i) it is not cyclical but predominantly structural, extending a...
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Beyond the Annual Averages: Impact of Seasonal Temperature on Employment Growth in US Counties
Nguyen, Ha - 2023
Using quarterly temperature and employment data between 1990 and 2021, this paper uncovers nuanced evidence on the impact of seasonal temperature within US counties: higher winter temperature increases private sector employment growth while higher summer temperature decreases it. The impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059377
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Fintech, Female Employment, and Gender Inequality
Loko, Boileau - 2022
Fintech, which delivers financial services digitally, promises to promote financial inclusion and close the gender gap. Using a novel fintech dataset for 114 economies worldwide, this paper shows that fintech adoption significantly improves female employment and reduces gender inequality, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015060381
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Does Public-Sector Employment Fully Crowd Out Private-Sector Employment?
Behar, Alberto - 2013
We quantify the extent to which public-sector employment crowds out private-sector employment using specially assembled datasets for a large cross-section of developing and advanced countries, and discuss the implications for countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Caucasus and Central Asia....
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Inflation and income inequality : is food inflation different?
Walsh, James P.; Yu, Jiangyan - 2012
There is an extensive literature noting that high inflation can add to income inequality, and a parallel literature … assessing the effect of rising food prices on the poor. This paper attempts to combine these strands by dividing inflation into … food and nonfood inflation and assessing whether food inflation affects income inequality differently from nonfood …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618580
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Inflation dynamics in Mongolia : understanding the roller coaster
Barnett, Steven A.; Bersch, Julia; Ojima, Yasuhisa - 2012
Inflation in Mongolia resembles a roller coaster ride with sharp rises and steep drops. Understanding why is critical … for formulating and assessing monetary policy. Food prices are found to be a key driver of inflation, and, not surprising …
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