01980cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014514 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498387804 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kandil, Magda. Labor Market Issues in the Caribbean : Scope to Mobilize Employment Growth / Magda Kandil, Genevieve Lindow, Mario Mansilla, Joel Chiedu Okwuokei. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (46 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 paper examines the determinants of employment growth, drawing on data available across a sample of Caribbean countries. To that end, the paper analyzes estimates of the employment-output elasticity and the response of employment growth to major sources of labor market determinants, in the long and short run. The main determinants of employment include government investment and private sector credit, while the major determinants of external performance are real effective exchange rate, the price of major exporting commodities, the number of tourists, and growth in major trading partners. The paper concludes with a menu of policy recommendations and structural reforms towards sustaining high employment growth and higher living standards in the Caribbean. Mode of access: Internet Chiedu Okwuokei, Joel. Lindow, Genevieve. Mansilla, Mario. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/115 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2014/115/001.2014.issue-115-en.xml IMF e-Library