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Unemployment and Labor Market Issues in Algeria

Furceri, Davide - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

The aim of this paper is to analyze unemployment and labor market developments in Algeria and assess the factors that may hamper employment creation. The results of the paper suggest that the relative low output-employment elasticities and rigid labor market are the main factors behind the still...

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Reconciling Stability and Growth; Smart Pacts and Structural Reforms

Beetsma, Roel M. W. J.; Debrun, Xavier - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper analyzes the decision of a government facing electoral uncertainty to implement structural reforms in the presence of fiscal restraints similar to the Stability and Growth Pact. The model shows that a pact may harm structural reforms, sacrificing future growth for present stability....

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Demographic Transition in the Middle East; Implications for Growth, Employment, and Housing

Bhattacharya, Rina; Yousef, Tarik; Dhonte, Pierre - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

The working age population is expected to grow faster in the Middle East than in any other region in the world between now and 2015—rising annually by 2.7 percent, or 10 million people. This demographic explosion presents the region with a major challenge in terms of providing jobs, incomes,...

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Employment Effects of Growth Rebalancing in China

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

This paper gauges the potential effects on employment of rebalancing China's exportoriented growth model toward domestic demand, particularly private consumption. Shifting to a private consumption-led growth likely means more demand for existing and new services as well as reorienting the...

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Growth and Employment in the Dominican Republic; Options for a Job-Rich Growth

Abdullaev, Umidjon; Estevao, Marcello - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The Dominican Republic has posted high rates of output and productivity growth, but labor market indicators have remained weak during the past 20 years. This paper documents these trends, showing that the rapid productivity growth originates in a few sectors, while the bulk of job creation is...

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Investment-Specific Productivity Growth; Chile in a Global Perspective

Bella, Gabriel Di; Cerisola, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

By the end of 2007, Chile's total factor productivity was lower than ten years earlier, a performance that contrasted … in Chile, by decomposing productivity into investment-specific technological change (associated with improvements in the … investment-specific technological improvements have contributed significantly to long-term growth in Chile, in line with trends …

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Output Gap Uncertainty and Real-Time Monetary Policy

Grigoli, Francesco; Herman, Alexander; Swiston, Andrew; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015

Output gap estimates are subject to a wide range of uncertainty owing to data revisions and the difficulty in distinguishing between cycle and trend in real time. This is important given the central role in monetary policy of assessments of economic activity relative to capacity. We show that...

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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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Banks and Labor As Stakeholders; Impacton Economic Performance

Ueda, Kenichi; Claessens, Stijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Traditionally, the impacts of the rights of financial institutions and workers on corporate performance have been analyzed independently. Yet, theory clearly indicates that the combination of relative powers of different stakeholders affects a firm overall performance. Using U.S. state level and...

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Why is Unemployment High in the Philippines?

Brooks, Ray - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

Unemployment has remained high in the Philippines, at almost twice the level of neighboring countries, despite relatively fast employment growth in the past decade. Employment growth was not sufficient to reduce unemployment because of rapid population growth and increased labor force...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826094

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