Unemployment and Structural Unemployment in the Baltics /

While the unemployment rate in the Baltics has fallen sharply from its crisis-peaks, it remains close to double digits. This paper estimates the structural component of the jobless rate in the three Baltic countries and analyzes its causes. Our main findings are that the current still elevated level...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Ebeke, Christian
Rannpháirtithe: Everaert, Greetje
Formáid: IRIS
Teanga:English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Sraith:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/153
Rochtain ar líne:Full text available on IMF
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