Explaining High Unemployment in ECCU Countries /

In recent years, unemployment rates in some ECCU countries have been among the highest globally. This paper evaluates several factors that could explain them, finding that high unit labor costs, in a context of strong unionization, are significantly associated with high structural unemployment, whil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: James, Ronald
Other Authors: Lafeuillee, Jemma, Salinas, Gonzalo, Xin Li, Mike
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/144
Online Access:Full text available on IMF