Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean /

Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ball, Laurence M., author.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (37 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper, 1018-5941 ; WP/11/252 IMF working paper ; WP/11/252.
Subject:	Unemployment -- Latin America -- Econometric models. Unemployment -- Caribbean Area -- Econometric models. Unemployment -- Econometric models. Caribbean Area. Latin America. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12499537

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Other authors / contributors:	Roux Uribe, Nicolás de, author. Hofstetter, Marc, author. International Monetary Fund. Research Department, issuing body.
ISBN:	9781463973735 146397373X 1463940939 9781463940935 1463923341 9781463923341 9781463923341
Notes:	At head of title: Research. Title from PDF title page (IMF, viewed Nov. 21, 2011). "November 2011." Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-27). English.
Summary:	This study constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores the determinants of unemployment. We compare different countries, finding that unemployment is influenced by the size of the rural population and that the effects of government regulations are generally weak. We also examine large, persistent increases in unemployment over time, finding that they are caused by contractions in aggregate demand. These demand contractions result from either disinflationary monetary policy or the defense of an exchange-rate peg in the face of capital flight. Our evidence supports hysteresis theories in which short-run changes in unemployment influence the natural rate.
Other form:	Print version: Fund, International Monetary. Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington : International Monetary Fund, ©2011 9781463923341
Standard no.:	10.5089/9781463940935.001 10.5089/9781463923341.001

Table of Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; I. Introduction; II. Unemployment Data; III. Cross Country Differences In Unemployment; 2. Table 2; 3. Table 3; 4. Table 4; Figures; 1. Figure 1; Tables; 1. Table 1; IV. Time Series Evidence; 2. Figure 2; 5. Table 5; 3. Figure 3; V. Conclusion; Table A2 New dataset of Unemployment rates; Appendix Tables; Table A1 IADB Unemployment rates; References; Footnotes.