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increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between …
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Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...
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growth. In 2004, growth was faster and more consumption-driven than in other large euro area countries. Employment growth in …
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This Selected Issues paper on Portugal reviews the considerations regarding productivity slowdown. The favorable evolution of income growth from the 1970s to the mid-1990s in Portugal was associated with above-average productivity growth but also reflected a more moderate decline in the amount...
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. Differences in labor taxation, unemployment benefit systems, and employment protection will need to be reduced. Improving … available labor. In the aftermath of the crisis, boosting growth is essential to prevent unemployment from becoming a long … unemployment rates and lower participation rates, on the other hand, cannot easily be attributed to individual preferences. Here …
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conditions have restored overall stability to the banking system. Private consumption has been dented by the decline in housing …
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nation’s 2000-01 economic crisis. Higher growth could reduce unemployment and raise living standards toward European Union …
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China’s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in China’s...
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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 … employment and employment opportunities in the longer term, there could be employment losses in the short run as the economy …
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-term unemployment rate (which would raise equilibrium unemployment rates). However, over the medium term, we expect Canada's potential …
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