Norway: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2001/034, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper presents the projections on the fiscal and external profiles for Norway, and discusses the long-term prospects and policy options. The study evaluates the details and implications of the system of social insurance schemes; and long-term profile of oil-related exports and income. The paper highlights the economics behind long-term projections for the non-oil current account. The study focuses on the implications of centralized bargaining for the labor market, and explores its continued viability.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; private sector; occupational pension; wage increase; Dutch disease; exchange rate; wage scale; financial assets; wage compression; Labor markets; Oil; Wages; Employment; Pension spending; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 59
Date: 2001-02-05
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