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Unemployment versus inactivity: An analysis of the earnings and labor force status of prime age men in France, the UK, and the US at the end of the 20th century

Bi?áková, Alena - 2005

negative effect on the wage of the low-skilled at the bottom of the wage distribution. With lower returns from employment, the …. The findings provide evidence against the commonly used argument that wage flexibility improves the employment prospects …

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How Much does Work Matter for Inequality? Time, Money and Inequality in International Perspective

Osberg, Lars - 2002

.e. by differing probabilities of any employment? Across OECD countries there are large differences in the average level and … employment. The participation level is particularly important for inequality differences and there is persuasive evidence that … country attitudes to paid employment, particularly for women, differ significantly. This paper uses Luxembourg Income Study …

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Modeling the dynamics of Spain's relative export strength

Vollmer, Sebastian; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; … - 2007

In this paper we assess the current relevance of Ricardian theory. Relative prices, labor costs, and productivity are evaluated as determinants of a country's international competitiveness at the industry level. Working with detailed data on unit values and with industry data on productivity, we...

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Social Health Insurance: the major driver of unsustainable fiscal policy?

Hagist, Christian; Klusen, Norbert; Plate, Andreas; … - 2005

During the next decades the populations of most developed countries will grow older as a result of the low level of birth rates since the 1970s and/or the continuously increasing life expectancy. We show within a Generational Accounting framework how unsustainable the public finances of France,...

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State visits and international trade

Nitsch, Volker - 2007

Politicians travel extensively abroad, for various reasons. One purpose of external visits is to improve bilateral economic relations. In this paper, I examine the effect of state visits on international trade. I use a large data set covering the travel activities of the heads of state of...

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Ehrbarer Staat? Die Generationenbilanz - Update 2008: Migration und Nachhaltigkeit

Hagist, Christian; Moog, Stefan; Raffelhüschen, Bernd - 2008

-Jahre in den USA entwickelt wurde. Der vorliegende Beitrag präsentiert die Ergebnisse der Generationenbilanzierung des …

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Ehrbare Staaten? Die Ergebnisse der Generationenbilanzierung im internationalen Vergleich

Hagist, Christian; Moog, Stefan; Raffelhüschen, Bernd; … - 2009

Ein fiskalischer Vergleich entwickelter Staaten geschieht häufig über jährliche Indikatoren wie etwa den Maastricht-Kriterien Defizit-und Schuldenquote. Um jedoch die Tragfähigkeit einer jeweiligen Fiskalpolitik einschätzen zu können, bedarf es der Erweiterung der Perspektive um...

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Mechanisms of poverty alleviation

Nelson, Kenneth - 2004

Substantial cross-national differences in poverty alleviation are well documented, but theextent to which different parts of the social transfer system account for this variation is still relatively unexamined. This study analyses the redistributive effects of specific social policy institutions...

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Poor people in rich nations: The United States in comparative perspective

Smeeding, Timothy - 2005

Most examinations of United States domestic antipoverty policy are inherently parochial, for they are based on the experiences of only our nation in isolation from the others. However, cross-national comparisons can also teach lessons about antipoverty policy. While all nations value low...

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The temporal welfare state: A crossnational comparison

Rice, James Mahmud; Goodin, Robert E.; Parpo, Antti - 2006

as one pleases, outside the necessities of everyday life. Using surveys from five countries (the USA, Australia, Germany …

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