Between 1991 and 2001, Gujarat has registered one of the steepest declines in the proportion of female to male children in the 0-6 year age group. The extent of decline revealed in the provisional figures of the Census 2001, is serious in the rural areas and alarming in the urban. Further, the...

Population data from Census-2011 at district level, show an alarming decline in the female to male (f/m) ratios in the child population (0–6 years). The decline is considerably higher in the urban segments of the population than in the rural segments. Besides, it is particularly sharp in some...

The paper describes a model for computing the trend output and the structural budget deficit in Austria. The calculation of trend output is based on a production function approach within a small macroeconomic model of the Austrian economy. A decomposition of public budgets into cyclical and...

The concept of debit and credit balances implies that the state's financing deficit can be reduced only when the business sector and the foreign sector at the same time assume more debts or when private households reduce their surplus. This working paper investigates how economic policy can...

The concept of financial balances implies that the general government balance can be improved only if the enterprise sector and the foreign sector simultaneously increase their financial deficits and the household sector cuts its surplus. This paper explores how these adjustments can be...