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Bolivia: The Economy During the Morales Administration
Weisbrot, Mark; Johnston, Jake; Ray, Rebecca - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009
’s economic growth in the last four years has been higher than at any time in the last 30 years, averaging 4.9 percent annually … since the current administration took office in 2006. Projected GDP growth for 2009 is the highest in the hemisphere and … follows its peak growth rate in 2008. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008545827
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Paid Sick Days Don’t Cause Unemployment
Schmitt, John; Rho, Hye Jin; Earle, Alison; Heymann, Jody - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009
with the highest level of social and economic development (as measured by the Human Development Index) suggests that there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256261
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Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries
Schmitt, John; Heymann, Jody; Rho, Hye Jin; Earle, Alison - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009
development that does not guarantee that workers receive paid sick days or paid sick leave. Under current U.S. labor law …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256262
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Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality
Rosnick, David; Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012
significance of its findings. Finally, this paper suggests that the growth of the financial sector may have been an important … factor contributing to the growth in inequality over the past 30 years. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556770
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Macroeconomic Policy, Growth and Income Distribution in the Brazilian Economy in the 2000s
Serrano, Franklin; Summa, Ricardo - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011
The Brazilian economy grew by 4.2 percent annually from 2004-2010, more than double its annual growth from 1999-2003 or … indeed its growth rate over the prior quarter century. This growth was accompanied by a significant reduction in poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009359465
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What We’re In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next Recession
Baker, Dean; Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2008
This report uses the past three recessions of the early 1980s, early 1990s and early 2000s to project the effects of a recession in 2008. The report finds that such a recession would result in a significant rise in unemployment and the poverty rate along with a significant decrease in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005489822
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From Recession to Collapse: The Bush Administration and the Over-Valued Dollar
Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2015
This paper explores the potential impact of the Federal Reserve Board’s decision on interest rates on the budget deficit. The first part recounts the history of the 1990s surplus, correcting the widely held misunderstanding that this surplus was achieved by the Clinton administration’s tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011211429
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The Budgetary Implications of Higher Federal Reserve Board Interest Rates
Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2015
This paper explores the potential impact of the Federal Reserve Board’s decision on interest rates on the budget deficit. The first part recounts the history of the 1990s surplus, correcting the widely held misunderstanding that this surplus was achieved by the Clinton administration’s tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196383
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Policy Alternatives for a Return to Full Employment in Spain
Rosnick, David; Weisbrot, Mark - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013
With Spain’s official unemployment rate at 26 percent, and the economy projected to contract by 1.3 percent this year, it is difficult to make the case for continued austerity that could push a barely growing economy back into recession. Yet the government is committed to further fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741289
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The High Budgetary Cost of Incarceration
Schmitt, John; Warner, Kris - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010
We use Bureau of Justice Statistics data to estimate that, in 2008, the United States had between 12 and 14 million ex-offenders of working age. Because a prison record or felony conviction greatly lowers ex-offenders’ prospects in the labor market, we estimate that this large population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727348