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European Labor Markets and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fallout and the Path Ahead

Author/Editor: Sakai Ando, Ravi Balakrishnan, Bertrand Gruss, Jean-Jacques Hallaert, La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul, Koralai Kirabaeva, Nir Klein, Ana Lariau, Lucy Qian Liu, Davide Malacrino, Haonan Qu, Alexandra Solovyeva.

Release Date:March, 2022

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused by far the largest shock to European economies since World War II. Yet, astonishingly, the EU unemployment rate had already declined to its pre-crisis level by more...



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A Comprehensive Climate Mitigation Strategy for Mexico

Author/Editor: Simon Black, Koralai Kirabaeva, Ian Parry, Mehdi Raissi, Karlygash Zhunussova.

Release Date:October, 2021

This paper discusses a comprehensive strategy for implementing Mexico's climate mitigation commitments. Progressively increasing carbon prices from current levels of US$3 per ton to US$75 per ton by more...



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A European Minimum Wage: Implications for Poverty and Macroeconomic Imbalances

Author/Editor: Enrica Detragiache, Christian H Ebeke, La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul, Koralai Kirabaeva, Davide Malacrino, Florian Misch, Hyun Woo Park, Yu Shi.

Release Date:May, 2020

A hypothetical European Minimum Wage (MW) set at 60 percent of each country’s median wage would reduce in-work poverty but have limited effects on overall poverty, as many poor households do not more...



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Explaining the Shadow Economy in Europe: Size, Causes and Policy Options

Author/Editor: Ben Kelmanson, Koralai Kirabaeva, Leandro Medina, Borislava Mircheva, Jason Weiss.

Release Date:December, 2019

This paper examines the drivers, and reestimates the size of shadow economies in Europe, with a focus on the emerging economies, and recommends policies to increase formality. The size of shadow more...



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How Informative Are Real Time Output Gap Estimates in Europe?

Author/Editor: Alvar Kangur, Koralai Kirabaeva, Jean-Marc Natal, Simon Voigts.

Release Date:September, 2019

We study the properties of the IMF-WEO estimates of real-time output gaps for countries in the euro area as well as the determinants of their revisions over 1994-2017. The analysis shows that staff more...



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Labor Market Fallout of the Covid-19 Crisis and Associated Policy Options

Author/Editor: Sakai Ando, Ravi Balakrishnan, Bertrand Gruss, Jean-Jacques Hallaert, La-Bhus Fah Jirasavetakul, Koralai Kirabaeva, Nir Klein, Ana Lariau, Lucy Qian Liu, Davide Malacrino, Haonan Qu, Alexandra Solovyeva.

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