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Labor Market Policy Options of the Kurdistan Regional Government

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Almas Heshmati () (University of Kurdistan Hawler, HIEPR and IZA)

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This study is a descriptive analysis of the labor market conditions in Iraqi Federal Kurdistan Region. It explores a number of integrated factors that covariate and determine the level and patterns of the labor market outcomes in the region. In the first step, each of the determinants of unemployment is described and establishes their causal and directions of possible effects. In the second step, the characteristic of the current labor market policy is investigated. Finally, after providing knowledge about the nature of (un)employment and current policy measures, a number policy measures are proposed to reduce the rate of unemployment or to reduce the negative effects of unemployment and to promote skills, capability and development potential.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 3247.

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Date of creation: Dec 2007
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Keywords: employment mismatch government policy skills wages public sector Kurdistan

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E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution
I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets

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