Danish reform. We separately identify the effect of aid from that of other observed and unobserved variables such as parental … income. We exploit the combination of a kinked aid scheme and a reform of the student aid scheme to identify the effect of …

can run for reelection, the number of political parties seated in the city council is higher, voters are older, the … models on the political economy of fiscal adjustment …

, namely the Spanish case. We show how a dual market, with permanent and temporary employees makes real reform much harder, and … Recession and the start of the sovereign debt crisis triggered two labor reforms, the political economy equilibrium has not …

This paper formulates a simple model of female labor force decisions which embeds an in-work benefit reform and … the announcement of a reform that increases in-work benefits, including sources of intertemporal substitution, human … announcement and implementation of a major UK in-work benefit reform, we estimate its effects on single mothers' behavior. We find …

, especially in societies with highly skewed distribution of ownership. We however argue that the success of CG reform would, in …

main objective of the reform was to reduce the amount of benefits for individuals that do not have a long contributory … history as the reform introduced a disincentive to apply to the system if the individual does not have 35 years of effective …