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This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in …
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The highly dynamic nature of the COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented challenge to policy makers around the world to take appropriate income-stabilizing countermeasures. To properly design such policy measures, it is important to quantify their effects in real-time. However, data on the...
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This paper examines the impact of labour market and product market reforms on income inequality for 25 OECD countries …. Our results suggest that both types of (endogenized) reforms cause more income inequality. Consistent with this finding is … that counter-reforms lead to less income inequality. However, the inequality-raising effects of reforms occur especially in …
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We examine how structural reforms relate to income inequality. We employ many indicators of structural reforms and use … data for market and net income inequality. The dataset includes up to 135 countries since 1960. The results do not suggest … that market-oriented structural reforms were associated with rising income inequality in the full sample. Trade and …
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The COVID-19 crisis poses new policy challenges and has spurred new research agendas in public economics. In this article, we selectively reflect on how the field of public economics has been shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss several areas where more research is necessary. We highlight...
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hypothesis, whereby witnessing economic deprivation durably sensitizes individuals to issues of inequality and fairness. …
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theoretical framework for the relationship between structural reforms, economic growth and income inequality. We argue that … inequality. We conclude by proposing a 7-point agenda for future research. …
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offset furlough-induced income reductions. This creates wealth inequality but lowers the probability a furloughed worker …
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We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades … distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that cross-sectional inequality rose until 2009 for men and women. After the … Great Recession inequality continued to rise at a slower rate for men and fell slightly for women due to compression at the …
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Like in many other countries, wealth inequality has increased in Switzerland over the last fifty years. By providing …
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