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Biofuel subsidies : an open-economy analysis
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Wall, … - 2009
We present a general equilibrium analysis of biofuel subsidies in an open-economy context. In the small-country case, when a Pigouvian tax on conventional fuels such as crude is in place, the optimal biofuel subsidy is zero. When the tax on crude is not available as a policy option, however, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920242
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Then and now : reflections on two Australian mining booms
Gregory, Robert G. - 2011
Australia is experiencing its largest mining boom for more than a century and a half. This paper explores, from a national perspective, important economic differences that arise when a mining boom, such as the current one, is generated by export price increases (trading gains) rather than export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009408694
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Disentangling the wage impacts of offshoring on a developing country : theory and policy
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2016
response to parametric reductions in the cost of offshoring. We identify qualitative conditions under which wages and welfare … increase or decrease in the developing world as a result of a reduction in offshoring costs. Since global welfare always rises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480815
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The home market shadow
Südekum, Jens (contributor) - 2005
The home market effect (HME) is a distinguishing feature of the newʺ theory of international trade, but it is uncertain whether this effect survives if one moves beyond the simplifying setup with only two countries. We present a three-country version of the seminal model by Krugman (1980) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002551226
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Trade and child labor : a general equilibrium analysis
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu (contributor);  … - 2005
aggregate welfare. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002658230
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Welfare rules, incentives, and family structure
Moffitt, Robert A.; Phelan, Brian J.; Winkler, Anne E. - 2015
In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …, our findings indicate that the impact of welfare rules crucially hinges on the biological relationship of the male partner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283098
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A tax benefit model for policy evaluation in Luxembourg : LuxTaxBen
Islam, Nizamul; Flood, Lennart - 2015
, as well as eligibility-rules for a number of welfare programs, such as social assistance, housing allowance etc. The … income for various combinations of hours of work and welfare. It can be used for calculating accurate (net) household incomes … conditional on labour supply while income tax rules and the various welfare benefit-levels are complicated functions of earned and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289233
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The impact of short- and long-term participation tax rates on labor supply
Bartels, Charlotte; Pestel, Nico - 2015
Generous income support programs as provided by European welfare states have often been blamed to hamper employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289240
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The effects of immigration on NHS waiting times
Giuntella, Osea; Nicodemo, Catia; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - 2015
This paper analyses the effects of immigration on waiting times in the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Linking administrative records from the Hospital Episode Statistics (2003-2012) with immigration data drawn from the UK Labour Force Survey, we find that immigration reduced waiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346681
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Crisis, response and distributional impact : the case of Ireland
Callan, Tim; Nolan, Brian; Keane, Claire; Savage, Michael; … - 2013
, welfare and public sector pay changes over the 2008 to 2012 period gave rise to lower than average losses for the bottom …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765520