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Neoliberal redistributive policy: The U.S. net social wage in the 21st century
Moos, Katherine A. - 2017
In this paper, I examine the trends of fiscal transfers between the state and workers during 1959 - 2012 to understand the net impact of redistributive policy in the United States. This paper presents original net social wage data from and analysis based on the replication and extension of...
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Volunteering and the State
Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2009
This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...
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Towards Effective Social Insurance in Latin America: The Importance of Countercyclical Fiscal Policy
Braun, Miguel; di Gresia, Luciano - 2003
Latin America is a volatile, crisis-prone region, with limited and inadequate social insurance. Therefore, the long-term as well as the recent poor suffer significantly during crises. Furthermore, social spending is procyclical in the region, but less so than total spending, indicating that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327062
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Efficacy of public financial management in reducing crime against children: Empirical evidence from subnational governments in India
Yadav, Jitesh; Chakraborty, Lekha - 2022
Public financial management (PFM) has a significant role in linking resources to results by financing human development outcomes. When economic stimulus packages are short run in nature, thematic PFM, such as child budgeting, has a crucial role in reducing crime against children. Using fixed...
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Applying OECD policy evaluation criteria to child protection schemes in India
Chakraborty, Lekha; Yadav, Jitesh; Kaur, Amandeep - 2023
The policy evaluation is a crucial component in analyzing the efficacy of public spending in translating the money spent into desired outcomes. Using OECD evaluation criteria, we analyzed the child protection schemes of Odisha to understand whether legal commitments on child protection are...
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Global crisis, national responses: the political economy of Turkish exceptionalism
Öniş, Ziya; Güven, Ali Burak - 2010
With its dilatory and piecemeal fiscal activism and uncharacteristic reluctance toward IMF assistance, the Turkish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273655
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IMF programs and sensitivity to external shocks: An empirical application
Miescu, Mirela Sorina - 2016
This paper assesses that participation of countries in IMF programs significantly diminishes their vulnerability to … external shocks. Currently, one of the primary purposes of the IMF is to ensure global stability. As such, the Fund has the … participation in the IMF arrangements has a significant impact in decreasing the sensitivity to exogenous shocks. Despite the …
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Policy Analysis in Real Time Using IMF's Monetary Model
Akram, Q. Farooq - 2010
We investigate to what extent estimated relationships of the IMF's monetary model and their policy implications are … sample dependent. This model constitutes the core of the IMF's financial programming models for developing and emerging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012143744
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Welfare reforms and cild well-being in the US and UK
Waldfogel, Jane - 2008
This paper examines the effects of recent welfare reforms in the US and UK on the well-being of children in low-income families, looking specifically at the effects on poverty, family expenditures, and child health and development. The paper finds some commonalities but also some notable...
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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
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