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Growing apart, losing trust? : the impact of inequality on social capital
Gould, Eric D.; Hijzen, Alexander - 2016
There is a widespread perception that trust and social capital have declined in United States as well as other advanced economies, while income inequality has tended to increase. While previous research has noted that measured trust declines as individuals become less similar to one another,...
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Can Fiscal Decentralization Strengthen Social Capital?
International Monetary Fund - 2000
Countries where social and political institutions stimulate interpersonal trust, civic cooperation, and social cohesiveness tend to have more efficient governments, better governance systems, and faster growth. This paper provides cross-country evidence, based on a sample of developing and...
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Social Capital and Civil Society
Fukuyama, Francis - 2000
Social capital is an instantiated informal norm that promotes cooperation between individuals. In the economic sphere it reduces transaction costs, and in the political sphere it promotes the kind of associational life that is necessary for the success of limited government and modern democracy....
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Bank of Japan’s quantitative and credit easing : are they now more effective?
Berkmen, S. Pelin - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424688
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The impact of fiscal consolidation and structural reforms on growth in Japan
Berkmen, S. Pelin - 2011
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To fire or to hoard? : explaining Japan’s labor market response in the Great Recession
Steinberg, Chad Bennett; Nakane, Masato - 2011
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How inclusive is abenomics?
Aoyagi, Chie; Ganelli, Giovanni; Murayama, Kentaro - 2015
We assess the ongoing reform efforts in Japan in terms of inclusive growth. We use prefectural level panel data to … and policy variables. Our analysis suggests that achieving the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target has a positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281935
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What can boost female labor force participation in Asia?
Kinoshita, Yuko; Guo, Fang - 2015
Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a … towards non-regular employment despite women's high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap …
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Production offshoring and investment by Japanese firms
Kang, Joong Shik; Piao, Shi - 2015
We trace Japanese corporate investment across different types of firms over the past decades and estimate the main determinants of investment. We find that there are differences in investment behavior between firms expanding abroad and those operating mainly in domestic markets. On the back of a...
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Portfolio rebalancing in Japan : constraints and implications for quantitative easing
Arslanalp, Serkan; Botman, Dennis P. J. - 2015
Portfolio rebalancing is a key transmission channel of quantitative easing in Japan. We construct a realistic …
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