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and examines whether the US fulfills these criterion. The US's employment and productivity performance make it a … workers, continued full employment will greatly strengthen the case for the US as peak economy. But with anything less than … full employment the US economy will lose its luster. Even if this occurs, however, the US record in employing women and …
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Disappointing recent growth rates, the emergence of structurally unfavorable income and employment conditions, and …
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employment, and (3) are utilitarian. " Formally, the problem is a special case of a multidimensional screening problem with two … redistribution in this environment involves distorting market" employment upwards for low net-income individuals (through negative … marginal income taxes or" employment subsidies) and distorting employment downward for high net-income individuals" (through …
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relationship between tax cuts and employment growth is largely driven by tax cuts for lower-income groups, and that the effect of … tax cuts for the top 10% on employment growth is small …
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This chapter provides new evidence on educational inequality and reviews the literature on the causes and consequences of unequal education. We document large achievement gaps between children from different socio-economic backgrounds, show how patterns of educational inequality vary across...
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the share of income they hold. We provide a cautionary tale from Australia of how comprehensive tax reform legislation in …
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chronic large deficits. The familiar conclusion that sustained government deficits at full employment depress private capital …
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The distribution of employment among Agriculture, Industry, and Service within countries is closely related to the … level of real Gross Domestic Product per capita. As real income rises, Agriculture's share falls, Service employment rises … OECD cross-sections follow almost identical patterns of employment change. The decline of Agriculture is attributable …
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The literature on conflict and terrorism has paid little attention to the economic costs of terrorism for the perpetrators. This paper aims to fill that gap by examining the economic costs of committing suicide terror attacks. Using data covering the universe of Palestinian suicide terrorists...
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For U.S. annual data that include WWII, the estimated multiplier for temporary defense spending is 0.4-0.5 contemporaneously and 0.6-0.7 over two years. If the change in defense spending is "permanent" (gauged by Ramey's defense-news variable), the multipliers are higher by 0.1-0.2. The...
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