Description |
1 online resource (ii, 57 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
IMF staff country report ; no. 96/26 |
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IMF staff country report ; no. 96/26.
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Contents |
Sectoral wage differentiation and labor cost issues in Belgium -- Trends in saving and investment -- Pension reform in Belgium -- Public health care developments in Belgium |
Summary |
This Selected Background Issues paper analyzes sectoral wage differentiation and labor cost issues in Belgium. The paper discusses wage dispersion across sectors in Belgium and compares it with the pattern in other European countries. It analyzes the data for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development used in the Central Economic Council assessment of competitiveness, underscoring the role of social security contributions and restrictions on part-time work in the evolution of labor costs per employee. The paper also examines trends in saving and investment, and the pension reform in Belgium |
Notes |
"April 1996." |
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"Copies of this report are available to the public from International Monetary Fund, Publication Services, 700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (IMF, viewed Feb. 17, 2015) |
Subject |
Labor costs -- Belgium
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Saving and investment -- Belgium
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Pensions -- Belgium
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Health care reform -- Belgium
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Health care reform.
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Labor costs.
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Pensions.
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Saving and investment.
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Belgium.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Levy, Joaquim Vieira Ferreira, 1961- author.
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Turtelboom, Bart, author.
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International Monetary Fund.
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