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Expenditure Composition and Economic Development in Benin

This paper analyzes expenditure composition and economic development in Benin. It addresses some specific issues on the basis of a stylized model of the Beninese economy that highlights the tradeoff between expenditure on wages and investment. The model takes into account specific characteristics of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pani, Marco
Other Authors: El Harrak, Mohamed
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2010
Series:Departmental Papers
Subjects:
Labor Market
Labor
Labor Supply
Labor Demand
Expenditure
Civil Service
Public Finance & Taxation
Unemployment
Intergenerational Income Distribution
Civil Service & Public Sector
Income Economics
Public Investment Spending
Expenditures, Public
Aggregate Human Capital
Aggregate Labor Productivity
Other Public Investment And Capital Stock
Public Investments
Demand And Supply Of Labor: General
Employment
Labour
Wages, Compensation, And Labor Costs: General
National Government Expenditures And Related Policies: Infrastructures
Wages
Public Finance
Benin
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper analyzes expenditure composition and economic development in Benin. It addresses some specific issues on the basis of a stylized model of the Beninese economy that highlights the tradeoff between expenditure on wages and investment. The model takes into account specific characteristics of the Beninese economy, including the large share of agriculture in employment and GDP, the large number of urban unemployed engaged in precarious informal sector activities, and the strong influence of labor unions in the formal labor market concentrated in the urban areas
Physical Description:28 pages
ISBN:9781455266364

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