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Foreign Entanglements: Estimating the Source and Size of Spillovers Across Industrial Countries »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 56, No. 2
Volume: 56
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 June 2009
ISBN: 9781589067950
Keywords: labor productivity growth, employment, labor productivity, labor shares
China’s growth performance since the start of economic reforms in 1978 has been impressive, but the gains have not been distributed equally across provinces. We use a nonparametric approach to analyze the va...
Employment Effects of Growth Rebalancing in China »
Source: Employment Effects of Growth Rebalancing in China
Volume/Issue: 2009/169
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2009
ISBN: 9781451873160
Keywords: growth rebalancing, GIMF model, share of employment, employment in the services sector, job creation, employment in agriculture,
This paper gauges the potential effects on employment of rebalancing China's exportoriented growth model toward domestic demand, particularly private consumption. Shifting to a private consumption-led growth likely...
Explaining China's Low Consumption »
Source: Explaining China's Low Consumption : The Neglected Role of Household Income
Volume/Issue: 2007/181
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Jahangir Aziz , and Li Cui
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 2007
ISBN: 9781451867459
Keywords: Financing Constraints, Rebalancing Growth, employment growth, employment, household income, household survey, national accounts,
The Chinese government has recently focused on the need to increase consumption to rebalance the economy. A widely held view is that despite China's remarkably high growth, the share of consumption in total expendi...
China's Labor Market Performance and Challenges »
Source: China's Labor Market Performance and Challenges
Volume/Issue: 2003/210
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Tao Ran , and Ray Brooks
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2003
ISBN: 9781451874815
Keywords: labor force, labor market, jobs, Demand and Supply of Labor: General, Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
A more market-oriented labor market has emerged in China in the past twenty years with growing importance of the urban private sector, as state-owned enterprises have downsized. Despite the progress on reforms, a s...
The Impact of Intersectoral Labor Reallocationon Economic Growth »
Source: The Impact of Intersectoral Labor Reallocationon Economic Growth
Volume/Issue: 2000/104
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Helene Poirson Ward
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2000
ISBN: 9781451852752
Keywords: Growth, labor reallocation, labor efficiency, labor productivity, labor force, labor share
This study seeks to explain economic growth differences in an aggregate production function framework, where labor reallocation from agriculture to modern sectors influences labor efficiency growth. The econometric...
How Much Carbon Pricing is in Countries’ Own Interests? The Critical Role of Co-Benefits »
Source: How Much Carbon Pricing is in Countries' Own Interests? The Critical Role of Co-Benefits
Volume/Issue: 2014/174
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Ian Parry , Chandara Veung , and Dirk Heine
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 September 2014
ISBN: 9781498358279
Keywords: carbon pricing, co-benefits, air pollution, fuel taxes, top twenty emitters, benefits, natural gas, fossil fuel, greenhouse gas, Government Policy
This paper calculates, for the top twenty emitting countries, how much pricing of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is in their own national interests due to domestic co-benefits (leaving aside the global climate bene...
Chronicle of a Decline Foretold »
Source: Chronicle of a Decline Foretold : Has China Reached the Lewis Turning Point?
Volume/Issue: 2013/26
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Mitali Das , and Papa N'Diaye
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 January 2013
ISBN: 9781475548242
Keywords: Excess labor supply, Lewis Turning Point, Population aging, Demographics, labor supply, labor force, labor market, labor demand, unemployment, General
China is on the eve of a demographic shift that will have profound consequences on its economic and social landscape. Within a few years the working age population will reach a historical peak, and then begin a pre...
China’s Labor Market in the “New Normal”1 »
Source: China's Labor Market in the 'New Normal'
Volume/Issue: 2015/151
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Waikei Lam , Xiaoguang Liu , and Alfred Schipke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 July 2015
ISBN: 9781513570693
Keywords: Mobility, labor market, labor, employment, General, General, General, General, General, General,
As China implements reforms under the 'new normal,' maintaining stability in the labor market is a priority. The country's demography and labor dynamics are changing, after benefitting in past decades from ample ch...
Output and Unemployment Dynamics during the Great Recession »
Source: Output and Unemployment Dynamics during the Great Recession : A Panel Unobserved Components Analysis
Volume/Issue: 2010/185
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Francis Vitek
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2010
ISBN: 9781455202195
Keywords: Output dynamics, Unemployment dynamics, World economy, Great Recession, Panel unobserved components model, unemployment rate, unemployment, domestic demand, labor demand, Open Economy Macroeconomics,
This paper analyzes the sources of output and unemployment dynamics in the world economy during the Great Recession. This analysis is based on a panel unobserved components model of the world economy, disaggregated...
Unemployment and Productivity in the Long Run »
Source: Unemployment and Productivity in the Long Run : the Role of Macroeconomic Volatility
Volume/Issue: 2010/259
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Paolo Surico , Luca Ricci , and Pierpaolo Benigno
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2010
ISBN: 9781455209590
Keywords: macroeconomic volatility, downward wage rigidities, unemployment rate, employment, unemployment rates, rate of unemployment, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General, Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production
We propose a theory of low-frequency movements in unemployment based on asymmetric real wage rigidities. The theory generates two main predictions: long-run unemployment increases with (i) a fall in long-run produc...