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Financial sector regulation and reforms in emerging markets : an overview
Prasad, Eswar S. - 2010
as they attempt to reform their frameworks for financial regulation. These economies are striving to balance the quest … for financial stability with the imperatives of financial development and broader financial inclusion. I argue that these … objectives can in fact reinforce one another. I also discuss aspects of macroeconomic policies and cross-border regulation that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153059
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The long-term effects of labor market entry in a recession : evidence from the Asian financial crisis
Choi, Eleanor Jawon; Choi, Jaewoo; Son, Hyelim - 2020
This study investigates the long-term effects of initial labor market conditions by comparing cohorts who graduated from college before, during, and after the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis in South Korea. We measure the overall welfare effect by examining their labor market activities, family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179332
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Time-varying individual risk attitudes over the Great Recession : a comparison of Germany and Ukraine
Dohmen, Thomas; Lehmann, Hartmut; Pignatti, Norberto - 2015
then analyze the stability of the risk measures over time. Between 2007 and 2012 we have the Great Recession, which had a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337020
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The effects of the Great Recession on teenagers' risky health behaviors and time use
Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2014
This paper uses individual-level data from both the 2003-2011 American Time Use Survey and Youth Risk Behavior Survey and state-level unemployment rates to examine the effects of the Great Recession on teenagers' activities. I present results by gender and gender by race/ethnicity. Over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358771
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Wage flexibility and the Great Recession : the response of the Irish labour market
Doris, Aedín; O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive B. - 2013
There is considerable debate about the role of wage rigidity in explaining unemployment. Despite a large body of empirical work, no consensus has emerged on the extent of wage rigidity. Previous attempts to empirically examine wage rigidity have been hampered by small samples and measurement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223423
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Changes in labour market transitions in Ireland over the Great Recession
Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Séamus - 2014
This paper assesses the impact that the 2009 Great Recession had on individual's transitions to and from unemployment in Ireland. The rate of transition from unemployment to employment declined between 2006 and 2011, while the rate from employment to unemployment increased. The impact of some of...
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Aid to jobless workers in Florida in the face of the Great Recession : the interaction of unemployment insurance and the supplemental nutritional assistance program
Heflin, Colleen M.; Mueser, Peter R. - 2013
Although many programs redistribute resources in the U.S., two program were central in providing a safety net for those facing hardship during the Great Recession: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which grew to 47.7 million people in January 2013 - or 15.1 percent of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222230
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The recovery from the Great Recession: a long, evolving expansion
Shambaugh, Jay C.; Strain, Michael R. - 2021
Prior to 2020, the Great Recession was the most important macroeconomic shock to the United States economy in generations. Millions lost jobs and homes. At its peak, one in ten workers who wanted a job could not find one. On an annual basis, the economy contracted by more than it had since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405441
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Up in STEM, down in business : changing college major decisions with the Great Recession
Liu, Shimeng; Sun, Weizeng; Winters, John V. - 2017
We use the American Community Survey (ACS) to investigate the extent to which college major decisions were affected during and after the Great Recession with special attention to business and STEM fields, as well as the heterogeneity by gender, race/ethnicity and combinations of race/ethnicity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731970
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Inequality in EU crisis countries : how effective were automatic stabilisers?
Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Savage, Michael - 2018
The Great Recession and the widespread adoption of fiscal austerity policies have heightened concern about inequality and how well tax-benefit systems redistribute. We examine how the distribution of income in the EU countries which were hardest hit during the recession evolved over this time....
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