Thanks to a joint effort of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) and the National Pension Insurance Directorate (ONYF) a special survey conducted in January-March 2008 provided information - for the first time - on the total accrual years of the non-pensioner population of Hungary. The data base...

In the conventional textbook demand-supply model of competitive labour markets, introduction of a minimum wage above the market-clearing level must reduce employment. Empirical findings suggest, however, that this might not always be the case, which appears to be most readily explained by...

Mens moderne mainstream makroteori - ny-klassisk som ny-keynesiansk – begge gør brug af den samme metodologi, giver den post keynesianske tænkning et alternativ hertil. Med sit fokus på 'path dependency' udvikler og forandrer det økonomiske set up sig over tiden. Nye institutioner kommer...

Exceptionally large monetary and fiscal policy measures have been implemented globally to counteract the adverse economic consequences of the covid-19 crisis. The analysis first provides an overview of some of the measures taken to support liquidity and lending in the US, Germany, Sweden and...