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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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Automatic stabilizers, economic crisis and income distribution in Europe
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2010
This paper investigates to what extent the tax and transfer systems in Europe protect households at different income levels against losses in current income caused by economic downturns like the present financial crisis. We use a multi country micro simulation model to analyse how shocks on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269797
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Distributional consequences of labor demand adjustments to a downturn: A model-based approach with application to Germany 2008-09
Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Peichl, Andreas; … - 2010
Macro-level changes can have substantial effects on the distribution of resources at the household level. While it is possible to speculate about which groups are likely to be hardesthit, detailed distributional studies are still largely backward-looking. This paper suggests a straightforward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274679
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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 - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10008694994
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Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth in the Ukrainian Transition
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2004
We analyze the pace and patterns of job reallocation in Ukraine using 1992-2000 panel data on nearly the surviving universe of manufacturing firms inherited from the Soviet Union. Employment growth displays substantial increase in heterogeneity during this transition period, with a corresponding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262088
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Privatization and Productivity in Romanian Industry: Evidence from a Comprehensive Enterprise Panel
Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Álmos - 2001
We construct and analyze a unique database with 1992-99 information on privatization transactions and labor … describe the post-privatization ownership structure and to test the effect of alternative privatization policies on firm … and domestic blockholders, but insider and mass privatization are also estimated to have positive, although smaller …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262532