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various tax rates lead to lower budget deficits in the long run, as a result of an expanding tax base and lower unemployment …
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relatively minor intervention can dramatically increase the fragility of jobs, the length of unemployment spells, as well as the … extent of unemployment and labor market churning. With institutions of the type studied here common across many different …
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The methodology used in this paper has three distinguishing features: the natural rate of unemployment and potential …
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This paper presents empirical estimates of the policy and structural determinants of the natural rate of unemployment … real wages to their equilibrium level. Estimates are presented showing how the generosity of the unemployment insurance … system is related to past levels of unemployment. The empirical results indicate that government policies have been largely …
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This Selected Issues paper analyzes labor market policies and unemployment dynamics in Spain. It provides a brief …
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This paper examines the potential contribution of unemployment hysteresis theories to the understanding of the Belgian …
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Fiscal policy has a strong foundation in the multiyear program of spending cuts, tax reforms, and deficit reduction in Germany. Germany's focus on actual, rather than cyclically adjusted, fiscal goals and outcomes carries the risk of rendering fiscal policy procyclical. The recent business and...
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This paper examines the impact of macroeconomic and financial sector policy announcements in the United States, the United Kingdom, the euro area, and Japan during the recent crisis on interbank credit and liquidity risk premia. Announcements of interest rate cuts, liquidity support, liability...
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The paper addresses issues that arise in designing a framework for inflation targeting, with particular attention to features of the Bank of England's approach and experience. The comparison of welfare reform in the United Kingdom with similar efforts in other countries is discussed. The paper...
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This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that the United Kingdom’s economic growth was above trend in 2006 and 2007. In terms of expenditure, the expansion was largely driven by private consumption, on the heels of strong employment, steady real wage and living standards growth, and a...
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