Unemployment, Capital-Labor Substitution, and Economic Growth /

This paper discusses the influence of economic growth on the equilibrium unemployment rate (NAIRU). It examines how income distribution and the NAIRU are influenced by capital formation, technical progress, and labor force expansion, and how these factors' impact depends on the elasticity of su...

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Main Author: Rowthorn, Bob
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/043
Online Access:Full text available on IMF