Employment and the Great Recession : The Role of Real Wages /

This paper argues that the sharp increase in unemployment in a number of advanced countries during the Great Recession was not just cyclical (the result of a lack of aggregate demand); the degree of adjustment of real wages and the impact this had on labor productivity also played a role. In many co...

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Auteur principal: Bakker, Bas
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/229
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF