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Productivity Growth and Structural Reform in Bulgaria; Restarting the Convergence Engine

Pouvelle, Cyril; Mitra, Pritha - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural problems in its labor market, reflected in its...

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Anatomy of Regional Disparities in the Slovak Republic

Jarmuzek, Mariusz; Banerjee, Biswajit - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper examines economic growth and various dimensions of regional disparities in Slovakia. We find that regional disparities in the levels of GDP per capita, labor productivity, and labor utilization have widened since 2000, coinciding with the time that Slovakia initiated negotiations on...

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Reforming Employment Protection Legislation in France

Zhou, Jian-Ping - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

Over the last 15 years, the reforms of employment protection legislation (EPL) in European countries have mainly eased … hiring and firing restrictions for temporary employment while leaving the strict EPL provisions for regular or permanent …

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Mauritius; Unemployment and the Role of Institutions

Yao, James Y.; McDonald, Calvin A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

behavior. Policy makers can improve employment prospects by not only investing in education to reduce skills mismatch but also …

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Wage Compression, Employment Restrictions and Unemployment; The Case of Mauritius

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

Governments often intervene in labor markets with the aim of reducing inequality and promoting employment. Such …

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The Italian Labor Market; Recent Trends, Institutions, and Reform Options

Schindler, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

's employment and productivity outcomes continue to lag behind those of its European peers. This paper reviews Italy's institutional …

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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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Can Policies Affect Employment Intensity of Growth? A Cross-Country Analysis

Furceri, Davide; Crivelli, Ernesto; Toujas-Bernate, Joël - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural … and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the … reducing government size have a significant and positive impact on employment elasticities. In addition, the results also …

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Real Unit Labor Costs Differentials in EMU+L4700; How Big, How Benign and How Reversible?

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

Real unit labor costs (RULC) growth differentials between euro area members have persisted since EMU began and even widened out in the run-up to the crisis. This paper focuses on the causes underlying such dispersion. According to our empirical findings, persistent RULC growth differentials can...

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Has the Great Recession Raised U.S. Structural Unemployment?

Estevão, Marcello M.; Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

The recent crisis has had differential effects across U.S. states and industries causing a wide geographic dispersion in skill mismatches and housing market performance. We document these facts and, using data from the 50 states plus D.C from 1991 to 2008, we present econometric evidence that...

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