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Falling labor share and rising unemployment : long-run consequences of institutional shocks?
Berthold, Norbert; Fehn, Rainer; Thode, Eric - 1999
The literature on unemployment has mostly focused on labor market issues while the impact of capital formation is … largely neglected. Job-creation is often thought to be a matter of encouraging more employment on a given capital stock. In … employment. It is shown that the usual trade off between employment and wages disappears in the long run. In line with an …
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What is the value of entrepreneurship? : a review of recent research
Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007
answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation … very important-but specific-function in the economy. They engender relatively much employment creation, productivity growth … studies show that entrepreneurial firms produce important spillovers that affect regional employment growth rates of all …
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Restarting the growth engine in Finland
Braconier, Henrik - 2012
Impressive productivity performance during the last decades has weakened since 2007, reflecting the 2008-09 recession but also a poor performance in important sectors, like the information and communication technology sector. Reforms to raise long term productivity growth need to be pursued....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690915
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Do Schumpeterian Waves of Creative Destruction Lead to Higher Productivity? Panel Data Evidence from Poland
Warzynski, Frederic - 2002
We look at the determinants and consequences of job reallocation in the 22 2-digit sectors of the manufacturing industry in Poland over the period 1993-1997. Import competition and competitive market structure (weak concentration) are found to lead to more reallocation. Moreover, more...
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Fiscal and Governance Linkages in Eastern European Energy : Enabling Growth and Convergence Through Flexible and Fiscally Accountable Regulation
Teksten, Ryan Dain - 2010
Eastern Europe is one of the fastest growing transition economies of the world. The post-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, especially the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, continue to undergo a radical economic reform program via microeconomic liberalization, macroeconomic...
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Portugal; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
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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Growth and Employment in the Dominican Republic; Options for a Job-Rich Growth
Abdullaev, Umidjon; Estevao, Marcello - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
enough to raise employment rates, and lackluster real earnings along with still-rampant labor market informality suggest that …
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Serbia and Montenegro; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Progress Reports
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This paper discusses the First Progress Report on the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in Serbia. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Serbia and its implementation complement the efforts of Serbia in the European Union integration process. The PRSP also includes...
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Republic of Armenia; Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The key findings of Republic of Armenia’s Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper are reviewed. Macroeconomic and fiscal framework has been completely revised, taking into account the 2007 outcomes, tendencies developed during 2008, and challenges, particularly the projected increase of...
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The Fall and Recovery of the Cuban Economy in the 1990's; Mirage or Reality?
Hernández-Catá, Ernesto - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The collapse of the Cuban economy following the cessation of Soviet assistance gave way to a strong recovery in 1994-96. There are three possible explanations for this recovery: (i) that it never took place; (ii) that it reflected a surge in productivity resulting from stabilization and...
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