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International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

the views of the government of the Republic of Croatia or the Executive Board of the IMF. …

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Finland; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Finland

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Finlandâ€™s economic performance in recent years continued to be favorable. Growth has outpaced that in the euro area and is expected to pick up to more than 3 percent in 2006. The external current account has remained comfortably in...

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Colombia; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper examines conditions in Colombian labor markets, which present a big challenge to the country. At end-2004, the unemployment rate amounted to 12 percent, and about one-third of the labor force was considered underemployed. The paper reviews labor market developments...

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Ireland; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

The Selected Issues paper analyzes how fast Ireland will grow in the future. The approach of this paper is to consider the catch-up in labor utilization productivity and use independent demographic projections and other considerations to make reasonable assumptions about labor productivity and...

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Greece; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the growth prospects of the Greek economy. It is estimated that exceptional factors boosted growth by 1 percentage point per year in recent years and, under current trends and policies, growth is likely to drop to about 3 percent by the end of the decade. The...

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Republic of Armenia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

governance. It reviews the employment issues and trends in the budget framework, and also analyzes the implementation, monitoring …

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Germany; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Germ...

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic activity in Germany is slowly picking up, and there is scope for some further firming of growth in the course of 2006. The recovery, however, remains unbalanced, and strong exports have yet to feed through into higher household spending....

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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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Banks and Labor As Stakeholders; Impacton Economic Performance

Ueda, Kenichi; Claessens, Stijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

affected by bank branch deregulation and employment protection occurring over 1972-1993. We find that financial liberalization …, employment protection promotes those industries that are more knowledge intensive, while the effect of financial liberalization … an efficiency channel, better reallocating resources across sectors, while employment protection creates higher …

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The Effects of Early Retirementon Youth Unemployment; The Case of Belgium

Pestieau, Pierre; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Jousten, Alain; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

In this paper, we describe the changes of (early) retirement programs over time and study the link between trends in elderly labor force participation and youth unemployment. From a theoretical point of view, there is no convincing argument that the idea of a lump-of-labor should hold. Our...

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