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Economic integration and unemployment in Central America
Caceres, Luis Rene - In: Journal of Developing Areas 48 (2014) 1, pp. 43-60
This paper quantifies the interdependence in national labor markets in Central America, a topic that has not received attention in the economic integration literature. Two sets of panel data are constructed--one formed by the aggregation of annual time series data from Costa Rica and El...
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Labor Unions, Unemployment, and Trade and Capital Liberalization
Geide-Stevenson, Doris - In: Journal of Economic Integration 15 (2000), pp. 76-99
This paper utilizes a specific factor model where rewards to labor and capi - tal, and employment are determined by … lead to an increase in overall employment. …
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Greece’s Interdependence with the European Union and her Loss to Society Function
Kallianiotis, Ioannis N. - In: European Research Studies Journal XIII (2010) 4, pp. 57-84
, efficiency, full employment, homogeneity, security, sovereignty, independence, self-sufficiency, certainty, and democracy …
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Algeria; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper for Algeria analyzes the potential economic impact of Algeria’s Association Agreement with the European Union (AAEU). The paper lays out the major elements of Algeria’s AAEU and makes a comparison with other AAEUs. It discusses the potential economic...
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Structure of labour market and unemployment in Sudan
Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
we explain several stylized facts on the labour market using new secondary data on population, employment and … targeting reducing inflation rates would also help to reduce unemployment rates in Sudan. Keywords Labour market; employment …
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Unemployment and Spare Capacity in the Labour Market
Ballantyne, Alexander; Voss, Daniel De; Jacobs, David - In: RBA Bulletin (2014) September, pp. 7-20
The unemployment rate provides an important gauge of spare capacity in the labour market and the economy more generally. However, other factors also affect unemployment, which complicates its interpretation when informing monetary policy. Statistical methods can be used to estimate the extent to...
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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 … and financial stabilization in 1997. The global economic crisis had a major effect on Bulgarian growth and employment … its 2008 level. However, employment growth was negative during 2009–2012, and the first small uptick occurred only in …
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Disability and Disadvantage: a Study of a Cohort of Australian Youth
Yu, Peng - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) (2010) 3, pp. 13-13
.g., school achievement), and present circumstances (e.g., participation in education and employment) as well as aspirations and …
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Regional economy and manufacturing update
Dudley, William - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 2010
Remarks at the Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City.
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Why is Unemployment High in the Philippines?
Brooks, Ray - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
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 participation. This paper shows that Philippine employment growth and …
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