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Dynamic modelling of the demand for money in Latvia
Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2007
This study develops a parsimonious stable coefficient money demand model for Latvia for the period from 1996 till 2005 …
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Advancing Global Trade: Pro Liberalisation and Development
Neary, Peter; S¡lesers, Ainars; Krubasik, Edward G.; … - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 2, pp. 52-67
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Did Latvia's public works program mitigate the impact of the 2008 - 2010 crisis?
Azam, Mehtabul; Ferré, Céline; Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan - 2012
To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the Government of Latvia … dearth of income-generating opportunities in Latvia; thus the program provided temporary employment opportunities and helped … the unemployed mitigate the impact of the crisis. However, relative to the depth of the crisis in Latvia, the Workplaces …
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Size and causes of the underground economy in Spain: A correction of the record and new evidence from the MCDR approach
Pickhardt, Michael; Sardà, Jordi - 2011
We review existing estimates of the size of the Spanish underground economy, apply the Ahumada et al. (2007, RIW) correction procedure to some of them and calculate the size of the underground economy in Spain for the period 1960 through 2009 by using the modified-cash-deposits-ratio (MCDR)...
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Guest workers in the underground economy
Djajić, Slobodan; Mesnard, Alice - 2013
Guest-worker programs have been providing rapidly growing economies with millions of temporary foreign workers over the last couple of decades. With the duration of stay strictly limited by program rules in most of the host countries and wages paid to guest workers often set at sub-market...
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Does Tax Evation Affect Unemployment and Educational Choice?
Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2003
While examining the macroeconomic effects of government tax and punishment policies, this paper develops a three-sector general equilibrium model featuring matching frictions and worker-firm wage bargaining. Workers are assumed to differ in ability, and the choice of education is determined...
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Wages, Unemployment, and the Underground Economy
Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2001
While examining the macroeconomic effects of increased government control of the informal sector, this paper develops a two-sector general equilibrium model featuring matching frictions and worker-firm wage bargaining. Different goods are produced in the formal sector and the informal sector,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321826
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Az eva tapasztalatai vállalkozói interjúk alapján
Semjén, András; Tóth, István János; Fazekas, Mihály - 2008
By introducing simplified enterprise tax or eva in 2003, the government had a double aim: it wanted to relieve administrative and tax burdens on micro and small enterprises, while at the same time it wanted to improve their tax compliance, thus increasing tax revenues received from such...
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Az alkalmi munkavállalói könyvvel történő foglalkoztatás jellemzői: egy 2008. áprilisi kérdőíves munkavállalói adatfelvétel eredményei
Semjén, András; Tóth, István János; Makó, Ágnes - 2008
The paper investigates the socio-demographic characteristics and the labor market history of casual workers that have been temporarily employed for some time using a temporary work booklet (ensuring favorable tax treatment for casual workers and their employers). By investigating that, as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494374
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Cash, hoarding and the underground economy
Pickhardt, Michael; Sardà, Jordi - 2011
We further refine the Modified-Cash-Deposits-Ratio (MCDR) approach, developed by Pickhardt and Sardà (2011, 2012) with a view to analyze size and causes of the cash using section of the underground economy. Among other things, we address the issue of cash hoarding. Findings include that the...
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