Crises, labor market policy, and unemployment /

Using a sample of 97 countries spanning the period 1980-2008, we estimate that financial crises have a large negative impact on unemployment in the short term, but that this effect rapidly disappears in the medium term in countries with flexible labor market institutions, whereas the impact of finan...

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Main Authors: Bernal-Verdugo, Lorenzo E. (Author), Furceri, Davide (Author), Guillaume, Dominique (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/12/65.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central