01710cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002069 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451855616 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Estevao, Marcello. Regional Labor Market Disparities in Belgium / Marcello Estevao. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (29 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Regional labor market discrepancies have been widening in Belgium in the last two decades and are more evident within particular demographic groups. These developments can largely be accounted for by worse matching of people to jobs in the high-unemployment provinces. Using a structural VAR, it is also shown that labor market dynamics in Belgium produce a strong attenuating effect on employment growth, in contrast to the United States where initial labor demand shocks are expanded in the long run. After the short-run adjustment is over, there is less labor migration in Belgium than in the United States or Europe, corroborating the perception that Belgians move "too little.". Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/134 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/134/001.2002.issue-134-en.xml IMF e-Library