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Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

JEL Cl This study constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores the determinants of unemployment. We compare different countries, finding that unemployment is influenced by the size of the rural population and that the effects of government...

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Can Institutional Reform Reduce Job Destruction and Unemployment Duration? Yes it Can

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

We read search theory's unemployment equilibrium condition as an Iso-Unemployment Curve(IUC).The IUC is the locus of job destruction rates and expected unemployment durations rendering the same unemployment level. A country's position along the curve reveals its preferences over the...

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A Cointegration Model for Search Equilibrium Wage Formation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

In flow models of the labor market, wages are determined by negotiations between workers and employers on the surplus …

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Equilibrium Wage Dispersion; An Example

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

-specific variable, it is known that there are K reservation wages that could be posted, but generically never more than two actually are … posted in equilibrium. What is unknown is when we get two wages, and which wages are actually posted. For an example with K … combination of posted reservation wages, depending on parameters. We also show how wages, profits, and unemployment depend on …

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