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Generational Accounting as a Tool to Assess Fiscal Sustainability: An Overview of the Methodology
Bonin, Holger; Patxot, Concepció - 2004
The paper surveys the methodology of generational accounting, a tool for gauging intertemporal imbalance in government finances facing demographic transition. Starting from the fiscal balance rule providing the theoretical background, we review the methods of generational accountants for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261763
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Anatomy of policy complementarities
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment, and the political difficulties in implementing more extensive reform programs. We argue that the heart of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273118
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Generational Accounting as a Tool to Assess Fiscal Sustainability: An Overview of the Methodology
Bonin, Holger; Patxot, Concepció - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The paper surveys the methodology of generational accounting, a tool for gauging intertemporal imbalance in government finances facing demographic transition. Starting from the fiscal balance rule providing the theoretical background, we review the methods of generational accountants for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822088
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Anatomy of Policy Complementarities
Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment, and the political difficulties in implementing more extensive reform programs. We argue that the heart of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763705
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Labor Retrenchment Laws and their Effect on Wages and Employment: A Theoretical Investigation
Basu, Kaushik; Fields, Gary S.; Debgupta, Shub - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
is to be retrenched. This paper builds a theoretical model to analyze the effects of such anti-retrenchment laws. Our … model reveals that an anti-retrenchment law can cause wages and employment to rise or fall, depending on the parametric … conditions prevailing in the market. We then use this simple model to isolate conditions under which an anti-retrenchment law …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762018
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Burden or Relief? Fiscal Impacts of Recent Ukrainian Migration to Poland
Kaczmarczyk, Pawel - 2015
Immigration has become recently one of the most important subjects in socio-economic debates. In many countries immigrants are commonly presented as a threat to host economies and societies. On top of this fiscal impacts of immigration are ones of the hottest and most controversial topics in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481666
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Incidence of a "social VAT" reform: A French scenario
Rebiere, Therese - 2013
This paper studies the fiscal incidence of a fiscal reform consisting of a reduction in employers' social insurance contributions financed by a tax based on the value added. In a closed economy with two sectors calibrated thanks to the French National Accounts, a social VAT leads to a rise in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291336
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Incidence of a "Social VAT" Reform: A French Scenario
Rebiere, Therese - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper studies the fiscal incidence of a fiscal reform consisting of a reduction in employers' social insurance contributions financed by a tax based on the value added. In a closed economy with two sectors calibrated thanks to the French National Accounts, a "social VAT" leads to a rise in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603515
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Burden or Relief? Fiscal Impacts of Recent Ukrainian Migration to Poland
Kaczmarczyk, Pawel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Immigration has become recently one of the most important subjects in socio-economic debates. In many countries immigrants are commonly presented as a threat to host economies and societies. On top of this fiscal impacts of immigration are ones of the hottest and most controversial topics in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143952
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Disentangling the Role of Contract Types and Sector Disparities for Public Service Motivation
Grund, Christian; Thommes, Kirsten - 2015
The intention of "doing good for society" is regarded to be a crucial motivator for employees in the public sector in order for them to perform well. Recent research in the public sector literature calls for a deeper understanding of how this specific public service motivation (PSM) is shaped....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401655