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Fiscal Policy and the Labour Market: The Effects of Public Sector Employment and Wages
Gomes, Pedro Maia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
I build a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with search and matching frictions and two sectors in order to study the labour market effects of public sector employment and wages. Public sector wages plays an important role in achieving the efficient allocation. High wages induce too...
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Generational Accounting as a Tool to Assess Fiscal Sustainability: An Overview of the Methodology
Bonin, Holger; Patxot, Concepció - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The paper surveys the methodology of generational accounting, a tool for gauging intertemporal imbalance in government finances facing demographic transition. Starting from the fiscal balance rule providing the theoretical background, we review the methods of generational accountants for...
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Social Policies for a Recovery
Immervoll, Herwig; Llena-Nozal, Ana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
in improving the budget outlook of countries facing unsustainable government debt? And how should governments prioritise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325413
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Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages: An Analysis for Germany
Bauer, Thomas; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper analyzes the potential employment and fiscal effects of such a policy. Based on estimated labor demand elasticities obtained from a structural labor demand model, the empirical...
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Population Prospects and the Determination of a Debt-Sharing Rule between Seceding Regions
Cattoir, Philippe; Docquier, Frédéric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
namely the sharing of the national public debt. Extending Drèze's distributive neutrality condition, we use the generational … accounting technique and propose a dynamic debt-sharing criterion which takes into account both the true debt future generations …, and in the absence of initial regional debt. An application of our criterion to the Belgian case offers striking results. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822728
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Das Wirtschaftswunderjahr 2009
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Trotz des größten Wirtschaftseinbruchs in der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte hat die internationale Krise die Bürger kaum erreicht. Das wird sich mittelfristig bedrohlich ändern, wenn es nicht gelingt, rechtzeitig eine aufziehende Kreditklemme und eine bedrohlich wachsende Staatsverschuldung...
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Distributional Consequences of Labor Demand Adjustments to a Downturn: A Model-Based Approach with Application to Germany 2008-09
Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Peichl, Andreas; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Macro-level changes can have substantial effects on the distribution of resources at the household level. While it is possible to speculate about which groups are likely to be hardest-hit, detailed distributional studies are still largely backward-looking. This paper suggests a straightforward...
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Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland
Arnds, Pascal; Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Die deutsche Bevölkerung durchläuft in den nächsten Jahrzehnten einen demographischen Alterungsprozess, der als erstes die Erwerbsbevölkerung erfasst. Dieser Beitrag diskutiert die ökonomischen Folgen dieser Entwicklung. Direkte Arbeitsmarkteffekte einer schrumpfenden und alternden...
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Fiskalische Effekte der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland - Eine Generationenbilanz
Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
Der Beitrag untersucht die Bedeutung von Zuwanderung für die langfristige Entwicklung öffentlicher Haushalte in Deutschland. Mit Hilfe der Generationenbilanzierung werden die Nettosteuerzahlungen von Zuwanderern von ihrer Ankunft im Aufnahmeland bis an ihr Lebensende geschätzt. Wenn künftige...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762333
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Experimental Labor Markets and Policy Considerations: Incomplete Contracts and Macroeconomic Aspects
Casoria, Fortuna; Riedl, Arno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This survey focuses on experimental labor markets investigating two aspects that deem us important for a better understanding of labor market relations and the consequences for labor market policies. The first part of the survey is dedicated to papers that assess the prevalence of reciprocal...
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