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Turkmenistan »
Source: Turkmenistan : Background Paper and Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 1995/27
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 April 1995
ISBN: 9781451837209
Keywords: gas, wage, minimum wage, wages
This Background Paper and Statistical Appendix for Turkmenistan examines the developments since November 1993, when the manat was introduced as the national currency. Developments in the real sector and systemic re...

The Labor Market and Economic Adjustment »
Source: The Labor Market and Economic Adjustment
Volume/Issue: 1995/125
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Pierre-Richard Agénor
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 1995
ISBN: 9781451854787
Keywords: wage, wages, employment, unemployment, minimum wage
This paper examines the role of the labor market in the transmission process of adjustment policies in developing countries. It begins by reviewing the recent evidence regarding the functioning of these markets. It...

Uzbekistan »
Source: Uzbekistan : Background Paper and Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 1995/23
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 March 1995
ISBN: 9781451839753
Keywords: wage, trading partners, wages, minimum wage, compensation
This Background Paper and Statistical Appendix highlights that starting in 1994, financial policies in Uzbekistan were tightened so as to reduce inflation and stabilize the exchange rate in anticipation of the intr...

Uzbekistan »
Source: Uzbekistan : Recent Economic Developments
Volume/Issue: 1997/98
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 October 1997
ISBN: 9781451839777
Keywords: wage, wages, minimum wage, trading partners, benefits
This paper reviews economic developments in the Republic of Uzbekistan during the 1990s. After several years of high inflation, the thrust of financial policies was shifted toward stabilizing prices and the exchang...

Uzbekistan »
Source: Uzbekistan : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 1996/73
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 26 August 1996
ISBN: 9781451839760
Keywords: wage, wages, minimum wage, trading partners, compensation
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix analyzes developments in the domestic economy of Uzbekistan. The paper highlights that after declining by 171/2 percent during 1992-94, real GDP fell by only abou...

The Decline of Traditional Sectors in Israel »
Source: The Decline of Traditional Sectors in Israel : The Role of the Exchange Rate and the Minimum Wage
Volume/Issue: 1998/167
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Eric Clifton
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1998
ISBN: 9781451858150
Keywords: exchange rate, minimum wage, wage, wages, exchange rate appreciation
This paper examines the role of exchange rate appreciation and the minimum wage in the relative decline of traditional sectors in Israel. It finds little evidence to indicate that real exchange rate appreciation is...

Labor Market Institutions and Unemployment Dynamics in Transition Economies »
Source: Labor Market Institutions and Unemployment Dynamics in Transition Economies
Volume/Issue: 1997/137
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Pietro Garibaldi , and Zuzana Brixiova
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 October 1997
ISBN: 9781451930566
Keywords: Unemployment, Transition Economies, Matching Models, wage, minimum wage, wages, benefits
This paper studies interactions between labor market institutions and unemployment dynamics in transition economies. It presents a dynamic matching model in which state sector firms endogenously shed labor and priv...

Ireland: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation »
Source: Ireland : Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation
Volume/Issue: 1999/87
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 August 1999
ISBN: 9781451818710
Keywords: wage, fiscal policy, wages, minimum wage, tax reductions
This 1999 Article IV Consultation highlights that Ireland's economic performance in recent years has been exceptionally strong. Output and employment have been growing much faster than in the rest of Europe. Real G...

Statement by the IMF Staff Representative »
Source: Ireland : Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation
Volume/Issue: 1999/87
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 August 1999
ISBN: 9781451818710
Keywords: wage, fiscal policy, wages, minimum wage, tax reductions
This 1999 Article IV Consultation highlights that Ireland's economic performance in recent years has been exceptionally strong. Output and employment have been growing much faster than in the rest of Europe. Real G...

IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Ireland »
Source: Ireland : Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation
Volume/Issue: 1999/87
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 August 1999
ISBN: 9781451818710
Keywords: wage, fiscal policy, wages, minimum wage, tax reductions
This 1999 Article IV Consultation highlights that Ireland's economic performance in recent years has been exceptionally strong. Output and employment have been growing much faster than in the rest of Europe. Real G...