Add to ORKGLabor markets are assumed, in orthodox stabilization programs, to be flexible. The experience in Zambia proved this assumption unfounded. T'he Policy, Planning. and Research Complex distributes PPR Working Papers to disseminate the findings of work in progress and to enoourage the exchange of ideas among Bank staff and al others interesjsj in development issues. These papers carry the names of the authors. reflect only their views, and should be used and cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions arc the authors ' own. hey shouid not beattnbuted to the World Bank, its Board of Directors, its management, or any of its membercountries. Pu bl ic Di sc lo su re A ut ho riz ed Pu bl ic Di sc lo su re A ut ho riz ...
By and large, social indicators in developing countries improved in the 1980s, but progress was slow...
Policy differences explain why East Asia's newly industrializ-ing economies outperformed Latin ...
The lack of success of planning, together with the growing understanding of the importance of incent...
democracy and a market economy will be to reallocate labor while minimizing the social costs of unem...
How much have adjustment programs affected the functioning of the labor market- and how much does th...
Liberalization of the labor market would substantially reduce or prevent overvaluation of the real e...
Unemployment has increased dramatically with stabilization, mainly because of a generalized co;ttrac...
of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, ev...
Renewed growth in Senegal calls for more worker training, fewer government regulations, less trade p...
Korea's ability to keep the economy from going off the rails has been as remarkable as its achi...
Accumulation of reserves and debt-equity swaps can help a debtor country alleviate the distortionary...
Efficiency wage theory suggests that wages (and hence labor markets) may be unresponsive to typical ...
Produced by the Research Support Team The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the find...
Labor costs declined significantly in most developing countries in the 1980s. The impact of declinin...
New procedures for projecting fertility for all countries incorpo-rate past trends to generate short...
By and large, social indicators in developing countries improved in the 1980s, but progress was slow...
Policy differences explain why East Asia's newly industrializ-ing economies outperformed Latin ...
The lack of success of planning, together with the growing understanding of the importance of incent...
democracy and a market economy will be to reallocate labor while minimizing the social costs of unem...
How much have adjustment programs affected the functioning of the labor market- and how much does th...
Liberalization of the labor market would substantially reduce or prevent overvaluation of the real e...
Unemployment has increased dramatically with stabilization, mainly because of a generalized co;ttrac...
of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, ev...
Renewed growth in Senegal calls for more worker training, fewer government regulations, less trade p...
Korea's ability to keep the economy from going off the rails has been as remarkable as its achi...
Accumulation of reserves and debt-equity swaps can help a debtor country alleviate the distortionary...
Efficiency wage theory suggests that wages (and hence labor markets) may be unresponsive to typical ...
Produced by the Research Support Team The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the find...
Labor costs declined significantly in most developing countries in the 1980s. The impact of declinin...
New procedures for projecting fertility for all countries incorpo-rate past trends to generate short...
By and large, social indicators in developing countries improved in the 1980s, but progress was slow...
Policy differences explain why East Asia's newly industrializ-ing economies outperformed Latin ...
The lack of success of planning, together with the growing understanding of the importance of incent...