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made with more empirical evidence, namely the results of a survey entitled “Social Building of Trust in Portugal …
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of the law that establish the non-contributory social benefits entitlement conditions in Portugal, with particular …
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The redistributive effect of the Portuguese welfare state through pensions, benefits and taxes is investigated in detail over the 2006-10 period using disposable income as benchmark. All social and fiscal policy instruments analysed contribute significantly to the reduction in inequality and...
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The Portuguese elderly poverty rate has decreased significantly in recent years as elderly incomes have increased, and inequality and material deprivation levels have converged to their national levels. This paper investigates whether this improved situation is widespread across the elderly, but...
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This paper examines the link between Portugal’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows from European Union (EU-15 … panel data approach (Fixed effects and GMM system estimators) to estimate the regression equations. Portugal’s FDI inflows …
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Portugal as revealed by the two most recent family surveys produced by the Portuguese Statistical Office: the European …
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This paper provides a succinct overview of long-run developments regarding public finances in Portugal with an emphasis … on the spending side. Issues addressed are the excessive deficit experiences of Portugal, the past experience with fiscal … consolidations, and labour cost competitiveness. It is fair to stay that public spending control has been a problem in Portugal, and …
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In the last twenty years Portugal struggled to keep public finances under control, notably in containing primary …
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evidence for Portugal is consistent with a substitution hypothesis between direct investment abroad and trade, and consequently …
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Drawing on quarterly data for Portugal, we use a Three-Stage Least Square method and a system of equations to …
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