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Portugal: Selected Issues

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This Selected Issues paper on Portugal reviews the considerations regarding productivity slowdown. The favorable evolution of income growth from the 1970s to the mid-1990s in Portugal was associated with above-average productivity growth but also reflected a more moderate decline in the amount of hours worked than that experienced in other countries in Europe. Portugal was an outstanding performer with double-digit productivity increases in large several high-tech industries. The evidence suggests that the negative impact of high labor adjustment costs on productivity is more intense for small- and medium-size companies and depends on the nature of wage-bargaining systems.

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  • International Monetary Fund, 2005. "Portugal: Selected Issues," IMF Staff Country Reports 2005/376, International Monetary Fund.
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    1. Alfredo Marvão Pereira & Oriol Roca‐Sagalés, 2011. "Long‐term effects of fiscal policies in Portugal," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 38(1), pages 114-127, January.

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