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Anatomy of regional disparities in the Slovak Republic /
This paper examines economic growth and various dimensions of regional disparities in Slovakia. We find that regional disparities in the levels of GDP per capita, labor productivity, and labor utilization have widened since 2000, coinciding with the time that Slovakia initiated negotiations on EU ac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, DC] :
International Monetary Fund,
©2009.
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| Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/09/145. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This paper examines economic growth and various dimensions of regional disparities in Slovakia. We find that regional disparities in the levels of GDP per capita, labor productivity, and labor utilization have widened since 2000, coinciding with the time that Slovakia initiated negotiations on EU accession. Notwithstanding?-divergence in the levels, there was conditional?-convergence in the growth rates of GDP per capita and labor productivity. Improvements in total factor productivity were the main engine of growth of GDP in all regions. Sustaining growth and reducing disparities will require increasing the labor utilization ratio and improving the structural and policy determinants of productivity in the eastern regions. The main policy priorities are to improve transportation infrastructure, enhance cost competitiveness through greater regional differentiation in wages and further decentralization of collective bargaining, and increase accumulation of human capital. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (28 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (page 17). |
| ISBN: | 1462373933 9781462373932 1452792445 9781452792446 9786612843594 6612843594 1282843591 9781282843592 1451872925 9781451872927 |