Portugal: Selected Issues
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Summary:
This Selected Issues paper on Portugal reviews the considerations regarding productivity slowdown. The favorable evolution of income growth from the 1970s to the mid-1990s in Portugal was associated with above-average productivity growth but also reflected a more moderate decline in the amount of hours worked than that experienced in other countries in Europe. Portugal was an outstanding performer with double-digit productivity increases in large several high-tech industries. The evidence suggests that the negative impact of high labor adjustment costs on productivity is more intense for small- and medium-size companies and depends on the nature of wage-bargaining systems.
Series:
Country Report No. 2005/376
Subject:
Banking Expenditure Fiscal consolidation Fiscal policy Labor productivity Production Productivity Total factor productivity
English
Publication Date:
October 20, 2005
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451928006/1934-7685
Stock No:
1PRTEA2005002
Pages:
63
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