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Equilibrium simulation with microeconometric models : a new procedure with an application to income support policies

Colombino, Ugo - 2012

-time jobs). The most common use of these models is the simulation of tax-transfer reforms. The simulation is usually interpreted … simulation procedure, however, typically keeps fixed the estimated alternative-specific constants. In this note we argue that …-specific constants leads to the development of a simulation procedure consistent with the comparative statics interpretation. The …

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Child poverty and family transfers in southern Europe

Matsaganis, Manos (contributor) - 2005

The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where the subsidiary role of the State in matters of family policy has implied that programmes of public assistance to poor families with children are often meagre or not available at all. The paper examines the...

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Crises, what crises?

Campos, Nauro (contributor); Hsiao, Cheng (contributor); … - 2006

Recent research convincingly shows that crises beget reform. Although the consensus is that economic crises foster macroeconomic stabilization, it is silent on which types of crises cause which types of reform. Is it economic or political crises that are the most important drivers of structural...

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The global demography of aging : facts, explanations, future

Bloom, David E.; Luca, Dara Lee - 2016

Population ageing is the 21st century's dominant demographic phenomenon. Declining fertility, increasing longevity, and the progression of large-sized cohorts to the older ages are causing elder shares to rise throughout the world. The phenomenon of population ageing, which is unprecedented in...

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The free movement of workers in an enlarged European Union : institutional underpinnings of economic adjustment

Kahanec, Martin; Pytlikova, Mariola; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2014

The eastern enlargements of the European Union (EU) and the extension of the free movement of workers to the new member states' citizens unleashed significant east-west migration flows in a labor market with more than half a billion people. Although many old member states applied transitional...

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Primum vivere... industrial change, job destruction and the geographical distribution of unemployment

Pastore, Francesco - 2013

This paper aims to provide a frame of mind to understand the link between structural change and regional unemployment, and, based on it, to survey the most recent literature. An overly optimistic view on the ability of the adjustment mechanism to generate convergence in local unemployment rates...

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The effects of European Economic and Monetary Union on wage behaviour

Lauer, Charlotte - 1999

This paper evaluates the possible consequences of the forthcoming European and Monetary Union on wage behaviour. It will be shown that EMU does not influence wage policy directly, but rather indirectly through its implications on other areas of economic policy, predominantly on monetary policy....

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Labour mobility : an adjustment mechanism in Euroland? ; empirical evidence for Western Germany, France, and Italy

Puhani, Patrick A. - 1999

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether labour mobility is likely to act as a sufficient adjustment mechanism in the face of asymmetric shocks in Euroland. To this end, we estimate the elasticity of migration with respect to changes in unemployment and income on the basis of regional...

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The Role of Economic Policy in Climate Change Adaptation

Konrad, Kai A. - 2012

This paper assesses the role of the public sector in adaptation to climate change. We first offer a definition and categorisation of climate change adaptation. We then consider the primary economic principles that can guide the assignment of adaptation tasks to either the private or the public...

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Total Costs and Budgetary Effects of Adaptation to Climate Change : An Assessment for the European Union

Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - 2021

Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed and regionalised cost estimates as a basis for cost-benefit-analyses are rare. We compose available cost estimates for adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland...

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