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Labor and Product Market Reforms in Advanced Economies: Fiscal Costs, Gains, and Support

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  • Angana Banerji
  • Mr. Valerio Crispolti
  • Ms. Era Dabla-Norris
  • Mr. Romain A Duval
  • Mr. Christian H Ebeke
  • Davide Furceri
  • Mr. Takuji Komatsuzaki
  • Mr. Tigran Poghosyan

Abstract

Product and labor market reforms are needed to lift persistently sluggish growth in advanced economies. But reforms have progressed slowly because of concerns about their distributive and short-term economic effects. Our analysis, based on new empirical and numerical analysis and country case-studies shows that most labor and product market reforms can improve public debt dynamics over the medium-term. This because reforms raise output by boosting employment and/or labor productivity. But the effect of some labor market reforms on budgetary outcomes and fiscal sustainability depends critically on business cycle conditions. Our evidence also suggests that some temporary and well-designed up-front fiscal stimulus can help enhance the economic impact of reforms. In the past, countries have used fiscal incentives in the past to facilitate reforms by alleviating transition and social costs. But strong ownership of reforms was crucial for their successful implementation.

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  • Angana Banerji & Mr. Valerio Crispolti & Ms. Era Dabla-Norris & Mr. Romain A Duval & Mr. Christian H Ebeke & Davide Furceri & Mr. Takuji Komatsuzaki & Mr. Tigran Poghosyan, 2017. "Labor and Product Market Reforms in Advanced Economies: Fiscal Costs, Gains, and Support," IMF Staff Discussion Notes 2017/003, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfsdn:2017/003
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    1. Stieglitz, Moritz & Setzer, Ralph, 2022. "Firm-level employment, labour market reforms, and bank distress," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
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    5. Rieth, Malte & Wittich, Jana, 2020. "The impact of ECB policy on structural reforms," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 122.
    6. Lucia Granelli & Martin Habet & Guergana Stanoeva & Gaetano D’Adamo & Robert Gampfer, 2020. "Puzzles in Non-Financial Corporate Sector Savings across the G20," European Economy - Economic Briefs 063, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission.
    7. A. Fatas & Mr. Atish R. Ghosh & Ugo Panizza & Mr. Andrea F Presbitero, 2019. "The Motives to Borrow," IMF Working Papers 2019/101, International Monetary Fund.
    8. Ms. Edda Zoli & Hou Wang & Mr. Douglas Laxton, 2018. "A New Strategy for Korea’s Fiscal Policy in a Low Growth Environment," IMF Working Papers 2018/091, International Monetary Fund.

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