Episodes of Unemployment Reduction in Rich, Middle-Income, and Transition Economies

This paper studies the incidence and determinants of episodes of drastic unemployment reduction, defined as swift, substantial, and sustained declines in unemployment. Forty-three episodes are identified over a period of nearly three decades in 94...

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Main Authors:	Freund, Caroline, Rijkers, Bob
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT BANKRUPTCY BUSINESS CYCLE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CRISES CYCLICAL UNEMPLOYMENT DEBT DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISMISSAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRIVERS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC FREEDOM ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EXCESSIVE REGULATION EXCHANGE RATES EXPECTED VALUE EXPORTS FIRM SIZE FLEXIBLE LABOR MARKETS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROSS REPLACEMENT RATE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT INCOME INCOME GROUPS INFLATION INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR ADJUSTMENT LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET RIGIDITIES LEGAL RIGHTS LICENSING RESTRICTIONS LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW UNEMPLOYMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMICS MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE MINIMUM WAGES MONETARY POLICY MORTALITY NATURAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT NET JOB CREATION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PROCESS PREVIOUS RESULTS PREVIOUS SECTION PRICE CONTROLS PRIVATE GAIN PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL GDP REAL INTEREST RATES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RULE OF LAW SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SOCIAL RESEARCH TRADE BARRIERS TRADE REFORMS TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT DECLINES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION WAR WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKETS WORKER WORKERS WORKING HOURS WTO
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Episodes of Unemployment Reduction in Rich, Middle-Income, and Transition Economies

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