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The macroeconomic effects of a carbon tax to meet the U.S. Paris Agreement target: the role of firm creation and technology adoption
Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2021
externalities and equilibrium unemployment. Our model incorporates endogenous labor force participation and two margins of … consumption and output; a marginal increase in the unemployment and labor force participation rates; and an expansion in the … accompanied by gradual gains in output and consumption and a negligible expansion in unemployment. Critically, abstracting from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519987
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Patterns, trends and policy implications of private spending on skills development in Mexico and the United States
Székely, Miguel; Mendoza, Pamela - 2017
This paper explores families' investment in skills development through education in a high-inequality, low-education quality country such as Mexico, comparing it to a lower-inequality, higher-quality education country such as the United States. The paper uses a series of high-quality Household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661892
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The early impact of COVID-19 on job losses among Black women in the United States
Holder, Michelle; Jones, Janelle; Masterson, Thomas - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic seemingly appeared out of nowhere but changed nearly everything. As the pandemic unfolded, industries deemed nonessential were leveled. Many occupations in these industries are low-wage, and women constitute a greater share of America's low-wage labor force than men. Even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249739
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Black employment trends since the Great Recession
Masterson, Thomas - 2018
The Great Recession had a devastating impact on labor force participation and employment. This impact was not unlike other recessions, except in size. The recovery, however, has been unusual not so much for its sluggishness but for the unusual pattern of recovery in employment by race. The black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011910930
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Employment guarantee programs : a survey of theories and policy experiences
Kaboub, Fadhel (contributor) - 2007
to be addressed in the context of the global political economy. -- ELR ; Full Employment ; Unemployment ; Job Creation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727004
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The unpaid care workpaid work connection
Antonopoulos, Rania (contributor) - 2008
In order to provide a coherent perspective of gender differences in the world of work, this paper argues, the many intersections of paid and unpaid work must be brought to light. It is well documented that gender-based wage differentials and occupational segregation continue to characterize the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772177
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Fiscal policy effectiveness : lessons from the Great Recession
Tcherneva, Pavlina R. - 2011
This paper reconsiders fiscal policy effectiveness in light of the recent economic crisis. It examines the fiscal policy approach advocated by the economics profession today and the specific policy actions undertaken by the Bush and Obama administrations. An examination of the labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008906599
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The US inflation-unemployment tradeoff : methodological issues and further evidence
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector - 2009
chain reactions, and provides new evidence on the long-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff in the US. It is argued that … inflation/unemployment responses to money growth shocks. SVAR (structural vector autoregression) and GMM (generalised method of … and real sides of the economy are symbiotic. In the light of the significant and robust long-run inflation-unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003877115
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The Freedom Budget at 45 : functional finance and full employment
Forstater, Mathew - 2011
were supported by a host of scholars, civic leaders, and institutions, including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr … policies. -- Unemployment ; Full Employment ; Budget Deficits ; National Debt ; Public Policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008990923
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Inequality and employment sensitivities to the falling labour share
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector - 2011
This paper aims at identifying the labour share (wage-productivity gap) as a major factor in the evolution of inequality and employment. To this end, we use annual data for the US, UK and Sweden over the past forty years and estimate country-specific systems of labour demand and Gini coefficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009157624