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Unemployment assistance and transition to employment in Argentina
Iturriza, Ana; Bedi, Arjun S.; Sparrow, Robert - 2008
In 2001-02, Argentina experienced a wrenching economic crisis. Plan Jefes, implemented in May 2002, was Argentina …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268650
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Returns to education and macroeconomic shocks: evidence from Argentina
López Bóo, Florencia - 2010
Returns to schooling in urban Argentina increased from 1992 to 2003, a period of economic reforms and macroeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269617
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Is informal sector work an alternative to workfare benefits? The case of pre-program expansion and economic crisis
Khamis, Melanie - 2009
Limited availability of workfare programs and unemployment insurance and a large informal sector are features of the Argentine labor market at the outset of the 2001 economic crisis. This paper tests the hypothesis whether informal work is an alternative to workfare participation before a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269640
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The weight of the crisis: Evidence from newborns in Argentina
Bozzoli, Carlos; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2010
Argentina hit headlines around the world in 2002 on account of the largest debt default in history and a sudden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278658
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Economic crises, maternal and infant mortality, low birth weight and enrollment rates: Evidence from Argentina's downturns
Cruces, Guillermo; Glüzmann, Pablo; Calva López, Luis … - 2011
This study investigates the impact of recent crises in Argentina (including the severe downturn of 2001-2002) on health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282298
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Fiscal Policy and Educational Attainment in the United States : A Generational Accounting Perspective
Chojnicki, Xavier; Docquier, Frédéric - 2004
In this paper, we investigate the consequences of the rise in educational attainment on the US generational accounts. We build on the 1995 accounts of Gokhale et al. (1999) and disaggregate them per schooling level. We show that low skill newborns are characterized by a negative generational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261806
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Is the Deficit under Control?
Bonin, Holger; Abio, Gemma; Berenguer, Eduardo; Gil, Joan; … - 2001
According to the 2001 Spanish budgetary previsions, the government deficit is about to disappear. We analyse this matter within a generational accounting framework. Accounting for the recent expansive phase of the economic cycle, we find that current fiscal policy is also intertemporally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262513
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European Integration and Employment: A New Role for Active Fiscal Policies?
Gatti, Donatella - 2002
This paper theoretically investigates the impact of European integration on employment by developing a new-keynesian model where fiscal policy effectively reduces firms? market power. Stronger product market competition is shown to reduce the marginal ability of governments to improve employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262742
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Product market regulation and macroeconomic performance: a review of cross country evidence
Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2005
country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country's macroeconomic performance. After a … of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267501
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Conceptualising informality: regulation and enforcement
Kanbur, Ravi - 2009
specified regulation(s). Relative to the regulation(s), four conceptual categories that can help frame the analysis are: (A …) regulation applicable and compliant, (B) regulation applicable and non-compliant, (C) regulation non-applicable after adjustment … of activity, and (D) regulation non-applicable to the activity. Rather than use the generic labels 'informal' and 'formal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269039