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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Hovedforfatter: Bernal-Verdugo, Lorenzo E.
Andre forfattere: Furceri, Davide, Guillaume, Dominique
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/064
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF