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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 … employment and employment opportunities in the longer term, there could be employment losses in the short run as the economy … policies to cushion the employment impact in the transition, particularly in meeting the skills gap of associated with this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528632
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263795
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Managing large-scale capital inflows : the case of the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania
Chowdhury, Ibrahim; Keller, Leonor - 2012
onset of the 2008 global financial crisis - the Czech Republic, Poland, and Romania. It finds that the evaluation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009615786
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264000
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Regional Convergence and the Role of Federal Transfers in Canada
Swagel, Phillip; Dunaway, Steven Vincent; Kaufman, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
on output convergence. The evidence suggests that while the Employment Insurance (EI) system seems to have had a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264150
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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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Labor Market Pooling
Blasio, Guido De; Addario, Sabrina Di - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
the likelihood of transiting from wage-and-salary to self-employment. Finally, there is no evidence of higher district …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825772
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Effects of Globalizationon Labor's Share in National Income
Guscina, Anastasia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
, openness to trade, and changes in employment protection--using a panel of 18 industrial countries over 1960-2000. Since most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769331
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Emerging Strains in GCC Labor Markets
Fasano-Filho, Ugo; Goyal, Rishi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
Unemployment pressures among nationals are emerging in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC). 2 At a time when a rapidly growing number of young nationals are entering the labor force and governments are no longer able to act as employers of first and last resort, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599572
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Are the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek?
Estevão, Marcello M.; Sa, Filipa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
increased in large firms. Employment of persons directly affected by the law declined, although the net effect on aggregate … employment was not significant. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599717