TY - BOOK AU - An,Zidong AU - Ghazi,Tayeb AU - Gonzalez Prieto,Nathalie TI - Growth and Jobs in Developing Economies: Trends and Cycles T2 - IMF Working Papers SN - 1484329627 : PY - 2017/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - All Countries KW - imf KW - Business Fluctuations KW - Employment KW - Labor Force And Employment, Size, And Structure N2 - This paper investigates the relationship between economic growth and job creation in developing economies with a focus on low and lower middle-income countries along two dimensions: growth patterns and short-run correlations. Analysis on growth patterns shows that regime changes are quite common in both economic growth and employment growth, yet they are not synchronized with each other. Okun's Law-the short-run relationship between output and labor market-holds in half of the countries in our sample and shows considerable cross-country heterogeneity UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF001/24742-9781484329627/24742-9781484329627/24742-9781484329627.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781484329627 ER -