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Western Hemisphere : a survey of gender budgeting efforts
Pérez Fragoso, Lucía; Rodríguez, Corina - 2016
Gender budgeting is an approach to fiscal policy and administration that integrates considerations of women's equality and advancement into the budget. Latin American countries have undertaken diverse gender budgeting initiatives, most of them addressing public expenditures. This paper surveys...
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Technology and the future of work
Peralta-Alva, Adrian; Roitman, Agustin - 2018
This paper uses a DSGE model to simulate the impact of technological change on labor markets and income distribution. It finds that technological advances offers prospects for stronger productivity and growth, but brings risks of increased income polarization. This calls for inclusive policies...
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Credit supply and productivity growth
Manaresi, Francesco; Pierri, Nicola - 2019
superior management practices, while a credit expansion has limited impact. Quantitatively, the credit contraction between 2007 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021983
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Improving the Management of a Central Bank : A Case Study
Mendzela, John - 1994
Bank of New Zealand over a five-year period. It identifies the business management concepts that were used to transform the … efficiency gains were achieved, while effectiveness was maintained or enhanced. Looking more widely, the business management …
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Bank of Japan’s quantitative and credit easing : are they now more effective?
Berkmen, S. Pelin - 2012
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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 …
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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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