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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Format: | Journal |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2019.
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Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2019/144 |
Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |