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The labour market and fiscal impact of labour tax reductions: the case of reduction of employers' social security contributions under a wage norm regime with automatic price indexi...
Burggraeve, Koen; Du Caju, Philip - 2003
This paper investigates the possible labour market and fiscal impacts of labour tax reductions in a typically Belgian setting, i.e. a wage norm regime with automatic price indexing of wages. We consider reductions in employers' social security contributions and fiscal compensation through value...
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Réduction linéaire de cotisations patronales à la sécurité sociale et financement alternatif
Jeanfils, Philippe; Delhez, Philippe; Van Meensel, Luc; … - 2006
La Belgique est un des pays européens où le coin fiscal et parafiscal sur les revenus du travail est le plus élevé tandis que le taux d'emploi y est plus faible que la moyenne européenne. Elle est également caractérisée par le rôle prédominant exercé par les cotisations sociales dans...
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The effects of internationalisation on domestic labour demand by skills: Firm-level evidence for Belgium
Cuyvers, Ludo; Dhyne, Emmanuel; Soeng, Reth - 2010
We empirically investigate the effects of the internationalisation of Belgian firms on domestic demand for production and non-production workers, which are used as proxies for unskilled and skilled labour. Distinction is made between home-employment effects of firms’ internationalisation,...
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The process of European monetary integration: a comparison of the Belgian and Italian approaches
Maes, Ivo; Quaglia, Lucia - 2003
This paper analyses and compares the roles which Belgium and Italy have played in the process of European monetary … of the Belgian and Italian EMU strategies and the concrete contributions made by Belgium and Italy. Overall, these two … to be skilful negotiators. The main difference is that Belgium has been a constant and consistent "pace-setter" in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506562
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The spread of Keynesian economics: a comparison of the Belgian and Italian experiences
Maes, Ivo - 2007
European countries: Belgium and Italy. We focus on the post-World War II period, taking as the main message of Keynesian …. The study shows that Belgium and Italy were two countries were Keynesian economics gained ground only relatively late. The … countries was the strong position of fundamentalist Keynesianism in the academic world in Italy, while in Belgium …
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The young Lamfalussy: an empirical and policy-oriented growth theorist
Maes, Ivo - 2009
Alexandre Lamfalussy has been highly influential in the process of European monetary and financial unification. In this paper we will analyse the work of the "Young Lamfalussy" (from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s). Lamfalussy started his career as an academic, focusing on growth theory and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506683
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Trade crisis? What trade crisis?
Behrens, Kristian; Corcos, Gregory; Mion, Giordano - 2010
We provide an analysis of the 2008-2009 trade collapse using microdata from a small open economy, Belgium. First, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506715
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A model with explicit expectations for Belgium
Jeanfils, Philippe - 2000
This paper presents a new quarterly macroeconometric model of the Belgian economy. It is intended to contribute to existing analytical work covering the specific transmission mechanisms of the euro area monetary policy in the Belgian economy. It also contributes to the forecast exercises and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506526
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Employment effect of citizenship acquisition: Evidence from the Belgian labour market
Bignandi, Sousso; Piton, Céline - 2022
This paper investigates whether citizenship acquisition affects immigrants' employment in Belgium. To do so, we rely on … in Belgium. Furthermore, the analysis by type of employment shows that citizenship has a positive effect on migrants …
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