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Child care subsidies and child development

Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2008

of the criticisms of the current subsidy system, however, is that it overemphasizes work and does little to encourage … care subsidies for child development. In this paper, we provide a systematic assessment of the impact of subsidy receipt on … relationship between child care subsidies and child development. In particular, our results suggest that subsidy receipt in the …

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Child care subsidies, maternal well-being, and child-parent interactions: Evidence from three nationally representative datasets

Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2012

A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implications for both … fill this gap by examining the impact of child care subsidy receipt on maternal health and the quality of child … of family well-being. In addition, we attempt to handle the possibility of non-random selection into subsidy receipt by …

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Temporary labour migration and welfare at the new European fringe: a comparison of five Eastern European countries

Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - 2009

This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova …

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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...

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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...

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Policy responses to fiscal restraints: A difference-in-discontinuities design

Grembi, Veronica; Nannicini, Tommaso; Troiano, Ugo - 2012

We evaluate the effect of relaxing fiscal rules on policy outcomes applying a quasi-experimental research design. In 1999, the Italian central government introduced fiscal rules aimed at imposing fiscal discipline on municipal governments, and in 2001 the rules were relaxed for municipalities...

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Self-Selection, Immigrant Public Finance Performance and Canadian Citizenship

DeVoretz, Don J.; Pivnenko, Sergiy - 2005

This paper consists of two parts focusing on the immigrant?s decision to acquire Canadian citizenship, and her subsequent performance as a taxpayer and recipient of public finance transfers. Our results support the view that selectivity bias appears in Canadian immigrant citizenship decisions...

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Fighting poverty: Assessing the effect of guaranteed minimum income proposals in Québec

Clavet, Nicholas-James; Duclos, Jean-Yves; Lacroix, Guy - 2013

subsidy. To do this, we first estimate a structural labor supply model using the existing tax code and predict the labor …

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Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods

Feler, Leo; Senses, Mine Zeynep - 2016

We analyze the impact of trade-induced income shocks on the size of local government, and the provision of public services. Areas in the US with declining labor demand and incomes due to increasing import competition from China experience relative declines in housing prices and business...

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The Value of Sick Pay

Adams-Prassl, Abigail; Boneva, Teodora; Golin, Marta; … - 2021

Not all countries provide universal access to publicly funded paid sick pay. Amongst countries that do, compensation rates can be low and coverage incomplete. This leaves a significant role for employer-provided paid sick pay in many countries. In this paper, we study who has access to...

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