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Germany; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Germa...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The three-point VAT increase is part of a package in which unemployment payroll taxes will be reduced. Risks to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244866
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The Aging of the Population and the Size of the Welfare State
Swagel, Phillip; Sadka, Efraim; Razin, Assaf - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Data for the United States and countries in Western Europe indicate a negative correlation between the dependency ratio and both labor tax rates and the generosity of social transfers, after controlling for other factors that influence the size of the welfare state. This is despite the increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825663
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Aging Populations and Public Pension Schemes
Chand, Sheetal K.; Jaeger, Albert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590852
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The Costs and Benefits of Various Wage Bargaining Structures; An Empirical Exploration
Thomas, Alun H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
The literature on the relationship between the unemployment rate and wage bargaining fails to separate the offsetting … effects of a reduction in competition associated with centralized bargaining and the increased awareness of unemployment … unemployment rate in countries that have switched to centralized wage-bargaining arrangements, the industry wage is not …
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Eurosclerosis or Financial Collapse; Why Did Swedish Incomes Fall Behind?
Cerra, Valerie; Saxena, Sweta Chaman - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Sweden represents an archetypal welfare state economy, with extensive government safety nets. Some scholars have attributed a decline in its per capita income ranking since 1970 to "eurosclerosis" or sluggish growth caused by distortionary policies. This paper argues rather, that the permanent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605036
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The Challenge of Public Pension Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies
Clements, Benedict J.; Coady, David; Eich, Frank; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Pension reform is high on the policy agenda of many advanced and emerging market economies. In advanced economies the challenge is generally to contain future increases in public pension spending as the population ages. In emerging market economies, the challenges are often different. Where...
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Global Aging and Fiscal Policy with International Labor Mobility; A Political Economy Perspective
Tosun, Mehmet S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This paper uses an overlapping generations model with international labor mobility and a politically responsive fiscal policy to examine aging in developed and developing regions. Migrant workers change the political structure composed of young and elderly voters in both labor-receiving and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605124
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Modeling Politics with Economics tools; A Critical Survey of the Literature
Olters, Jan-Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
Whereas the economics discipline possesses a highly refined theoretical apparatus to analyze the effects of government behaviour on the economy, it has not (yet) managed to fully develop a positively formulated "economic theory of politics" that would permit the integration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605269
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Finland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
the limitation of current unemployment and disability benefit schemes. The paper identifies possible strategies to …
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Senegal; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
It is vital to achieve both high levels of sustained, long lasting growth and better income distribution through the Accelerated Growth Strategy in Senegal. In terms of macroeconomic performance, the annual average growth rate dropped owing to exogenous shocks and low productivity in the...
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