Growth and Jobs in Developing Economies : Trends and Cycles /
This paper investigates the relationship between economic growth and job creation in developing economies with a focus on low and lower middle-income countries along two dimensions: growth patterns and short-run correlations. Analysis on growth patterns shows that regime changes are quite common in...
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| Format: | Revue |
| Langue: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2017.
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| Collection: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2017/257 |
| Accès en ligne: | Full text available on IMF |
| Résumé: | This paper investigates the relationship between economic growth and job creation in developing economies with a focus on low and lower middle-income countries along two dimensions: growth patterns and short-run correlations. Analysis on growth patterns shows that regime changes are quite common in both economic growth and employment growth, yet they are not synchronized with each other. Okun's Law-the short-run relationship between output and labor market-holds in half of the countries in our sample and shows considerable cross-country heterogeneity. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (26 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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