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Nineteenth century biological conditions on the high central plains
Carson, Scott A. - 2012
th centuries, black and white statures in Nebraska increased with economic development, indicating that biological … conditions improved as Nebraska's output market and agricultural sectors embedded. Illustrating the importance of rural … Nebraska. -- agricultural development ; black and white biological conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535112
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The role of electoral incentives for policy innovation : evidence from the U.S. welfare reform
Bernecker, Andreas; Boyer, Pierre C.; Gathmann, Christina - 2018 - This version: March 19, 2018
empirical setting is the U.S. welfare reform in 1996, which marked the most dramatic shift in social policy since the New Deal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814867
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Current account imbalances and structural adjustment in the Euro area : how to rebalance competitiveness
Zemanek, Holger; Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther - 2009
Low international competitiveness of a set of euro area countries, which have become evident by large current account deficits and rising risk premiums on government bonds, is one of the most challenging economic policy issues for Europe. We analyse the role of private restructuring and public...
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Flexicurity in Belgium : a proposal based on economic principles
Cockx, Bart; Van der Linden, Bruno - 2009
The current unemployment insurance and employment protection legislation were set up in an environment in which relationships between workers and firms were typically long-lasting and stable. The increasing globalisation of the economy and the rapid technological and organisational changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850508
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Social security reform and temptation
Kumru, Cagri Seda; Thanopoulos, Athanasios C. - 2009
complete elimination of social security is the reform scenario that maximizes welfare improvement. However, when self control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003883856
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Economic and politico-economic equivalence of fiscal policies
Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2012
We extend "economic equivalence" results, like the Ricardian equivalence proposition, to the political sphere where policy is chosen sequentially. We derive conditions under which a policy regime (summarizing admissible policy choices in every period) and a state are "politico-economically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488898
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Divided we reform? : evidence from US welfare policies
Bernecker, Andreas - 2014
government and economic reforms using a novel data set on welfare reforms in US states between 1978 and 2010. Panel data … regressions show that under divided government a US state is around 25% more likely to adopt a welfare reform than under unified …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229882
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Rolling back the public sector : differential effects on employment, investment and growth
Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2003
welfare state are analysed. Cutting public spending on private goods induces a lower interest rate, a higher wage, a lower … welfare state are handed back via a lower income tax rate rather than a lump-sum subsidy, both cutting public employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506465
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Workfare and trade unions : labor market repercussions of welfare reform
Schöb, Ronnie - 2003
Workfare proposals concentrate on the work incentives for welfare recipients, thus focusing on the labor supply side … number of recipients of public financial assistance, a workfare regime, as opposed to a welfare system, weakens the outside …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507897
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An essay on welfare state dynamics
Lindbeck, Assar - 2003
The expansion of welfare-state arrangements is seen as the result of dynamic interaction between market behaviour and … demands for international mobility of welfare-state benefits and social services. I also discuss the dynamics of reforms and … retreats of welfare-state arrangements. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508052