Dismal Employment Growth in EU Countries : The Role of Corporate Balance Sheet Repair and Dual Labor Markets /

This paper argues that the large differences among EU countries in post-crisis employment performance are to a large extent driven by the need to adjust corporate balance sheets, which had greatly deteriorated during the boom years in some countries but not in others. To close the large gaps between...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bakker, Bas
Other Authors: Zeng, Li
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/179
Online Access:Full text available on IMF