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relationship between tax cuts and employment growth is largely driven by tax cuts for lower-income groups, and that the effect of … tax cuts for the top 10% on employment growth is small …
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and examines whether the US fulfills these criterion. The US's employment and productivity performance make it a … workers, continued full employment will greatly strengthen the case for the US as peak economy. But with anything less than … full employment the US economy will lose its luster. Even if this occurs, however, the US record in employing women and …
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employment, and (3) are utilitarian. " Formally, the problem is a special case of a multidimensional screening problem with two … redistribution in this environment involves distorting market" employment upwards for low net-income individuals (through negative … marginal income taxes or" employment subsidies) and distorting employment downward for high net-income individuals" (through …
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the share of income they hold. We provide a cautionary tale from Australia of how comprehensive tax reform legislation in …
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For U.S. annual data that include WWII, the estimated multiplier for temporary defense spending is 0.4-0.5 contemporaneously and 0.6-0.7 over two years. If the change in defense spending is "permanent" (gauged by Ramey's defense-news variable), the multipliers are higher by 0.1-0.2. The...
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The literature on conflict and terrorism has paid little attention to the economic costs of terrorism for the perpetrators. This paper aims to fill that gap by examining the economic costs of committing suicide terror attacks. Using data covering the universe of Palestinian suicide terrorists...
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.5 percent below the 1990 peak and a mere one percent above the 1993 trough. Employment rates tell a similar story. Our …
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investment boom of 1995-2000 drew many younger and less-educated workers into employment. Employment rates for these workers …
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Employment rates in Puerto Rico range from 55 to 65 percent of U.S. rates during the past thirty years. This huge … employment shortfall holds for men and women, cuts across all education groups, and is deeper for persons without a college … educated workers. Motivated by these facts, we identify several factors that undermine employment growth and business …
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chronic large deficits. The familiar conclusion that sustained government deficits at full employment depress private capital …
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