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A Framework for Analysing the Political Support for Active Labour Market Policy

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

We develop a general equilibrium analysis of the impact of active labour market policy on unemployment, wages and the … employed have little exposure to unemployment and if the demand for unskilled labour is inelastic, there may be political … support for policies which actually raise the equilibrium level of total unemployment. …

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Multiple Equilibria and Minimum Wages in Labour Markets with Informational Frictions and Heterogenous Production Technologies

den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays a spike at it. In this Paper we analyse a model with search frictions and heterogeneous production technologies, in which imposition of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after imposition, the...

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The Extra Burden of Moslem Wives: Clues from Israeli Women's Labour Supply

Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper examines differences in the labour supply of women of different religions in Israel. We estimate religious differentials in the effect of husband’s income, number of children, education, and age on married women’s labour supply. It is suggested that labour supply patterns of wives...

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Soaring Minds: The Flight of Israel’s Economists

Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Despite their small number, Israeli economists have become an important fixture in the international academic scene. In recent years, this phenomenon has been characterized by an additional attribute: the number of Israelis who have chosen to leave the country’s universities - or not to return...

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Legal, Actual and Desirable Independence: A Case Study of the Bank of Israel

Cukierman, Alex - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper documents the evolution of the legal independence of the Bank of Israel since its creation in 1954 to present times, provides an international comparison, and assesses the changes in the actual independence of the Bank on a yearly basis following the 1985 stabilization of inflation....

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Ranking Israel's Economists

Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

One of the more important measures of a scholar’s research impact is the number of times that the scholar’s work is cited by other researchers as a source of knowledge. This paper conducts a first of its kind examination on Israel’s academic economists and economics departments, ranking...

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Hub-and-Spoke Free Trade Areas

Deltas, George; Desmet, Klaus; Facchini, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper analyzes how the sequential formation of free trade areas affects the volume of trade between member countries. In a three--country, three--good model, if two countries have a free trade area, and both sign a similar agreement with the third, trade between the two decreases, and...

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Macroeconomic Consequences of Terror: Theory and the Case of Israel

Eckstein, Zvi; Tsiddon, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper analyses the effect of terror on the economy. Terror endangers life such that the value of the future relative to the present is reduced. Hence, due to a rise in terror activity, investment goes down, and in the long run income and consumption go down as well. Governments can offset...

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Israel: The Start-Up Nation, and its Threat from Within

Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Three main vantage points are brought together in this paper: (1) Israel’s relatively good economic performance in recent years – at least, in comparison with other Western countries that have still not emerged from the recession; (2) motivations for the wave of social protests that erupted...

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Wage Mobility in Israel: The Effect of Sectoral Concentration

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Using a unique eight-year data set, merging population census and national insurance data, the paper examines and compares patterns of wage mobility in Israel. First, the public and the private sectors are compared. Second, within each of these sectors, a distinction is made between sub-sector...

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