01887cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF012132 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475505689 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Furceri, Davide. Can Policies Affect Employment Intensity of Growth? : A Cross-Country Analysis / Davide Furceri, Ernesto Crivelli, Jo--l Toujas-Bernate. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012. 1 online resource (32 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 The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the period 1991 - 2009, the results suggest that structural policies aimed at increasing labor and product market flexibility and reducing government size have a significant and positive impact on employment elasticities. In addition, the results also suggest that in order to maximize the positive impact on the responsiveness of employment to economic activity, structural policies have to be complemented with macroeconomic policies aimed at increasing macroeconomic stability. Mode of access: Internet Crivelli, Ernesto. Toujas-Bernate, Jo--l. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/218 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2012/218/001.2012.issue-218-en.xml IMF e-Library