Literature review of empirical studies on Okun’s law in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Alessandra Pizzo

Employment working paper, no. 252, ILO

2020

Abstract

unemployment

productivity

economic theory

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Title: Literature review of empirical studies on Okun’s law in Latin America and the Caribbean
Creators: Alessandra Pizzo
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Employment Policy Department.
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2020
Series: Employment working paper; no. 252
Number of pages: iii, 48 p.
ISSN: 1999-2947.
Language: English
Asset Type: working paper
Record Identifier: 995219300002676
Table of contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodological focus -- 3. Okun’s law: evidence from multi-countries studies -- 4. Okun’s law in Latin America -- 5. Determinants of Okun’s coefficients -- 6. Sources of heterogeneity within countries -- 7. Conclusions.