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Policies in hard times : assessing the impact of financial crises on structural reforms

Gokmen, Gunes; Nannicini, Tommaso; Onorato, … - 2020

It is commonly argued that crises open up a window of opportunity to implement policies that otherwise would not have the necessary political backing. The argument goes that the political cost of deep reforms declines as crises unravel structural problems that need to be urgently rectified and...

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Labor market reforms in Europe : towards more flexicure labor markets?

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Wehner, Caroline - 2016

Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in important areas, including macro‐economic efficiency, workers' wellbeing and repercussions for social cohesion. European countries have started a new wave of labor market reforms...

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B for Brexit : a survey of the economics academic literature

Campos, Nauro - 2019

. The two building blocks to understand Brexit are the economic history of the UK-EU relationship and the literature on the … the UK benefited from EU integration (trade, migration and FDI). Next it surveys the short-run effects of the vote and …

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The distribution of well-being among Europeans

Brandolini, Andrea; Rosolia, Alfonso - 2019

We analyse the evolution of EU citizens' living standards, considering the EU as a single country. Average living … standards have improved considerably as the European integration process has unfolded. EU28 income inequality has steadily … declined, mostly as a result of the macroeconomic convergence of new EU-accession countries. EU15 income inequality fell …

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Does integration policy integrate? : the employment effects of Sweden's 2010 reform of the introduction program

Qi, Haodong; Irastorza, Nahikari; Emilsson, Henrik; … - 2019

Sweden, like many other European countries, has seen a surge in refugee immigrants over recent years, which raises a concern about the labour market integration of these newcomers. This paper investigates whether integration policy may improve refugees' labour market performance. Specifically,...

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Youth unemployment and active labor market policies in Europe

Caliendo, Marco; Schmidl, Ricarda - 2015 - Forthcoming in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015

Since the economic crisis in 2008, European youth unemployment rates have been persistently high at around 20% on average. The majority of European countries spends significant resources each year on active labor market programs (ALMP) with the aim of improving the integration prospects of...

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Macroeconomic determinants of international migration to the UK

Forte, Giuseppe; Portes, Jonathan - 2017

This paper examines the determinants of long-term international migration to the UK; we explore the extent to which migration is driven by macroeconomic variables (GDP per capita, unemployment rate) as well as law and policy (the existence of "free movement" rights for EEA nationals). We find a...

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How deep is your love? : a quantitative spatial analysis of the transatlantic trade partnership

Krebs, Oliver; Pflüger, Michael - 2015

This paper explores the quantitative consequences of transatlantic trade liberalization envisioned in a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union. Our key innovation is to develop a new quantitative spatial trade model and to use an...

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Completing the monetary union of Europe as mid-term solution of the Euro crisis

Fischer, Justina A. V.; Pastore, Francesco - 2015

This research note discusses the Euro crisis in Greece in light of the referendum of July the 5th. It lays out the social and political costs of a GREXIT, but also of a continuing austerity policy. It proposes a reform policy fostering growth in Greece and discusses the role of conditionality....

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Did the intergenerational solidarity pact increase the employment rate of older workers in Belgium? : a macro-econometric evaluation

Dejemeppe, Muriel; Smith, Catherine; Van der Linden, Bruno - 2015

In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) aiming at increasing the employment rate of older workers. The main policies of the ISP consist in a pension bonus, reductions in employers' social security contributions and measures...

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