Labor Market Policy Options of the Kurdistan Regional Government

23 Pages Posted: 23 May 2008

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Almas Heshmati

Sogang University; Jönköping International Business School

Abstract

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.

Keywords: employment, mismatch, government policy, skills, wages, public sector, Kurdistan

JEL Classification: E24, I28, J24, J31, J45

Suggested Citation

Heshmati, Almas, Labor Market Policy Options of the Kurdistan Regional Government. IZA Working Paper No. 3247, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1136409 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1136409

Almas Heshmati (Contact Author)

Sogang University ( email )

Seoul 121-742
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
0082-2-705-8771 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://www.sogang.ac.kr/english/academic/03_under_0123.html

Jönköping International Business School ( email )

Jönköping, 551 11
Sweden

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