Labor Market Policies and IMF Advice in Advanced Economies during the Great Recession
Staff Discussion Notes, March 29, 2013
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Bibliographic details
- Authors: Olivier J Blanchard, Florence Jaumotte, Prakash Loungani
- Published: March 29, 2013
- Series: Staff Discussion Notes
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484301289.006
Core purpose
- The paper has two primary objectives:
- Articulate the main implications of theoretical and empirical research for design of labor market policies and labor market institutions.
- Analyze the IMF’s labor market recommendations since the beginning of the crisis, both in general and more specifically in program countries.
Topics and scope
- Subject tags:
- Employment protection
- Expenditure
- Labor
- Labor markets
- Unemployment
- Unemployment benefits
- Unemployment rate
- Wages
- Keywords:
- employment protection
- Employment protection
- Europe
- Great Recession
- labor market institutions
- natural rate of unemployment
- private sector
- public sector wage
- SDN
- Unemployment
- Unemployment benefits
- unemployment insurance
- Unemployment rate
- wage deflation
- wage distribution
- Wages
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Institutional disclaimer
- The Staff Discussion Note represents the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent IMF views or IMF policy. The views expressed should be attributed to the authors and not to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its management. Staff Discussion Notes are published to elicit comments and to further debate.
Source: Labor Market Policies and IMF Advice in Advanced Economies during the Great Recession, Staff Discussion Notes (2013), Olivier J Blanchard, Florence Jaumotte, Prakash Loungani.