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Will EMU accelerate or retard structural reform in labour and product markets? The theoretical literature is ambiguous. New descriptive evidence provided in this paper suggests that euro-area countries have made relatively good progress in structural reform. However, it is much less clear...
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The year 2003 has witnessed several major reform policy initiatives in Germany intended to contribute to a solution to Germany's high unemployment problem and to improve the longrun sustainability of its social welfare policies. These economic reforms are discussed within a larger macroeconomic...
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Following a severe contraction in the early 1990s, the Swedish economy accumulated a strong record of output growth coupled with a disappointing performance in the labor market. As of 2005, hours worked per person 20-64 years of age are 10.5 percent below the 1990 peak and a mere one percent...
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Following a severe contraction in the early 1990s, the Swedish economy accumulated a strong record of output growth coupled with a disappointing performance in the labor market. As of 2005, hours worked per person 20-64 years of age are 10.5 percent below the 1990 peak and a mere one percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320044
Das Gutachten analysiert Konzept und erste Ergebnisse der neuen Wirtschaftspolitik unter Mazowiecki. Es folgen die Bilanz der schon eingeleiteten westlichen Wirtschaftshilfe und die Möglichkeiten und Rahmenbedingungen einer weiteren Unterstützung.
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This paper uses 1985-1999 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job...
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privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and …
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privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and …
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From 1995 to 2001 Russia witnessed an asset market boom, a deep financial crisis, and a surprisingly forceful recovery …. An event study of this episode provides important insights for Emerging Market investment and Russia's medium … conditions. Together with persistent commitment towards international integration this heralds a long-term convergence of Russia …
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