Labor Market Flexibility and Unemployment : New Empirical Evidence of Static and Dynamic Effects /

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between labor market flexibility and unemployment outcomes. Using a panel of 97 countries from 1985 to 2008, the results of the paper suggest that improvements in labor market flexibility have a statistically and significant negative impact on une...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bernal-Verdugo, Lorenzo E.
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Furceri, Davide, Guillaume, Dominique
Μορφή: Επιστημονικό περιοδικό
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Σειρά:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/064
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full text available on IMF
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Περίληψη:The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between labor market flexibility and unemployment outcomes. Using a panel of 97 countries from 1985 to 2008, the results of the paper suggest that improvements in labor market flexibility have a statistically and significant negative impact on unemployment outcomes (over unemployment, youth unemployment and long-term unemployment). Among the different labor market flexibility indicators analyzed, hiring and firing regulations and hiring costs are found to have the strongest effect.
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Μορφή:Mode of access: Internet
ISSN:1018-5941
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