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The Dynamics of Income-Related Health Inequality Among US Children

Chatterji, Pinka - 2011

We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the … income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 … income-related child health inequality remains stable from early childhood into adolescence. The main factor underlying …

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The Long-Run Consequences of Chernobyl : Evidence on Subjective Well-Being, Mental Health and Welfare

Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2021

health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in …

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Unemployment and Domestic Violence : Theory and Evidence

Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; … - 2021

Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The contribution of this paper is to examine, theoretically and empirically, how changes in unemployment affect the incidence of domestic abuse. The key theoretical prediction is that male...

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What Should Fiscal Councils Do?

Calmfors, Lars - 2011

The paper analyses theoretically what role fiscal councils could play and surveys empirically the activities of existing councils. Case studies of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council and the UK Office for Budget Responsibility are done. It is concluded that fiscal councils should be advisory,...

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Has the EMU Reduced Wage Growth and Unemployment? Testing a Model of Trade Union Behaviour

Mikosch, Heiner - 2013

By using a model of trade union behaviour Grüner (2010) argues that the introduction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) led to lower wage growth and lower unemployment in participating countries. Following Grüner's model, monetary centralization lets the central bank react less flexibly to...

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Estimating the Trade and Welfare Effects of Brexit : A Panel Data Structural Gravity Model

Oberhofer, Harald - 2018

different counterfactual post-Brexit scenarios, our main findings suggest that UKs (EUs) exports of goods to the EU (UK) are … effects for the EU are negligible in magnitude and statistically not different from zero …

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Fiscal Policies and Business Cycles in an Enlarged Euro Area

Staehr, Karsten - 2008

This paper compares the cyclical properties of fiscal policies across the 12 original eurozone countries and the future members from Central and Eastern Europe. For the sample period 1995-2005, the fiscal balance exhibits less inertia and is more counter-cyclical in Central and Eastern European...

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The Heterogeneous Impact of Brexit : Early Indications from the FTSE

Davies, Ronald B. - 2017

The UK's decision to leave the EU is surrounded by several studies simulating its potential effects. Alternatively, we …

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Consequences of Brexit and Options for a 'Global Britain'

Brakman, Steven - 2017

; most studies predict a trade and welfare loss for both the UK and the EU. The UK parliament has indicated that it aims for … for the EU. After reviewing all potential options, we have a simple answer to the question whether the UK has an … alternative for the existing trade agreement with the EU. The answer is: No. Only a trade agreement with the EU can compensate for …

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Did Austerity Cause Brexit?

Fetzer, Thiemo - 2018

the single most important correlate of the subsequent Leave vote in the 2016 European Union (EU) referendum, along with … specific welfare reforms as well as broader measures of political preferences. The results suggest that the EU referendum could …

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