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Thresholds in the Process of International Financial Integration

Kose, M. Ayhan - 2009

The financial crisis has re-ignited the fierce debate about the merits of financial globalization and its implications for growth, especially for developing countries. The empirical literature has not been able to conclusively establish the presumed growth benefits of financial integration....

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The Future of Retirement and the Pension System : How the Public's Expectations Vary Over Time and Across Socio-Economic Groups

Bissonnette, Luc - 2011

We analyze expectations of the Dutch population of ages 25 and older concerning the future generosity state and occupational pensions, the two main pillars of the Dutch pension system. Since the summer of 2006, monthly survey data were collected on the expectations of Dutch households concerning...

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Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis?

Azam, Mehtabul - 2012

To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the Government of Latvia established Workplaces with Stipends, an emergency public works program that targeted registered unemployed people who were not receiving unemployment benefits. This paper evaluates...

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Policies in Hard Times : Assessing the Impact of Financial Crises on Structural Reforms

Gokmen, Gunes - 2020

It is commonly argued that crises open up a window of opportunity to implement policies that otherwise would not have the necessary political backing. The argument goes that the political cost of deep reforms declines as crises unravel structural problems that need to be urgently rectified and...

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Preventing Neets During the Great Recession : The Effects of a Mandatory Activation Program for Young Welfare Recipients

Emile, Cammeraat - 2017

discontinuity to estimate the effects of the reform. We find that the reform reduced the number of NEETs on welfare, increased the … number of NEETs not on welfare, and had no effect on the overall number of NEETs. Our finding that the reform did not reduce … the total number of NEETs contrasts with previous studies, which may be due to the fact that the reform took place during …

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Impact of the Great Recession on Industry Unemployment : A 1976-2011 Comparison

Takhtamanova, Yelena F. - 2016

This paper studies the mechanisms driving the persistently high unemployment rate during the last recession and mild recovery. Previous studies have examined the demographic aspect of the recession. We focus on specific industries. Consequently, we propose a methodology to decompose changes in...

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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Youth Labour Markets

Junankar, P. N. Raja - 2014

This paper investigates the impact of the GFC on youth unemployment and long term unemployment. In particular, we study whether the GFC had a bigger impact on youths than adults, and whether youth unemployment rates increased due to an increase in youth wages relative to adult wages. To...

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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...

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An Evaluation of the Workforce Investment Act Adult Program in Minnesota : Lessons from the Financial Crisis

Bendewald, Ellen - 2016

Using matched administrative data, this paper estimates the program effects of Minnesota's WIA Title I‐B Adult program to make two contributions to the literature. First, this paper applies a wide range of non‐experimental approaches and generates similar estimates of program effects that...

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Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis : Evidence from Indonesia

Giles, John - 2014

In response to concerns over the vulnerability of the young in the wake of Indonesia's 1997-1998 economic crises, the Government of Indonesia implemented a supplementary feeding program to support early childhood nutritional status. This paper exploits heterogeneity in duration of program...

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