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An illfare approach to the measurement of unemployment : a reply
Paul, Satya - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2002
unemployment based on the distribution of completed spells will be superior than that based on the distribution of interrupted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482188
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14.452 Macroeconomic Theory II, Spring 2005
Blanchard, Olivier - 2005
The basic machines of macroeconomics. Ramsey, Solow, Samuelson-Diamond, RBCs, ISLM, Mundell-Fleming, Fischer-Taylor. How they work, what shortcuts they take, and how they can be used. Half-term subject. From the course home page: Course Description This is the second course in the four-quarter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433264
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Tuberculosis transmission patterns in a high-incidence area: A spatial analysis
Munch Z.; Van Lill S.W.P.; Booysen C.N.; Zietsman H.L.; … - 2003
notifications of 1340/100 000 in 1996. These suburbs are characterised by overcrowding, high unemployment and poverty. It is … tuberculosis notifications were found with unemployment, overcrowding and number of shebeens per enumerator sub-district. High … tuberculosis notifications with unemployment and its associated poverty emerged as the strongest association. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442250
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ESSAYS ON THE MACROECONOMICS OF LABOR MARKETS
Stetsenko, Sergiy - 2010
) studies the relation between taxes and the unemployment rate using the Mortensen and Pissarides search and matching … equilibrium theory of unemployment. The proposed quantitative model with ex-ante worker skill heterogeneity and two technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438698
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ESSAYS IN ESTIMATION OF DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
Kryshko, Maxym - 2010
forecasts for personal consumption expenditure (PCE) inflation, core PCE inflation, the unemployment rate, and housing starts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438699
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Financial Frictions, Propagation of Shocks, and Macroeconomic Volatility
Fuentes-Albero, Cristina - 2010
I study the evolution of aggregate volatility in the US during the postwar period by assessing the relative role played by financial shocks, technological progress, and changes in the financial system. Balance-sheet variables of firms have been characterized by greater volatility since the early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438701
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ESSAYS ON THE WESTERN LABOR MARKETS
Holter, Hans A - 2011
In Chapter 2, "Accounting for Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Persistence: The Impact of Taxation and Public Education Expenditure," I study the determinants of cross-country differences in intergenerational earnings persistence between fathers and sons. Western economies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438733
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Essays in Quantitative Economics and International Finance
Stepanchuk, Serhiy - 2011
This dissertation uses quantitative dynamic models to study two separate questions in international finance and international labor markets.In Chapter 2, we build a two-country two-good incomplete markets general equilibrium model of international portfolio choice, and use it to study global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438734
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A Macroeconomic Approach to a Firm's Capital Structure
Katagiri, Mitsuru - 2011
In this paper, I investigate the logic behind cross sectional dispersion of firm's capital structure. I incorporate the trade off between tax benefits and financial distress costs into a dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms and their endogenous entry/exit, and compute an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438735
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ESSAYS ON THE MACROECONOMICS OF INCOME INEQUALITY
Ozkan, Serdar - 2011
This thesis consists of three chapters, each of which focuses on different aspects of economic inequality.First, we investigate the differences in wage inequality between the United States and continental European countries (CEU). Wage inequality has been significantly higher in the US compared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438761