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From the 1980s to onwards trade liberalization policies have been widely used in many countries. This process has significant impacts on many economic aspects one of which is on the labour market. However, the direction of the relationship between trade reforms and the labour market is...
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From the 1980s to onwards trade liberalization policies have been widely used in many countries. This process has significant impacts on many economic aspects one of which is on the labour market. However, the direction of the relationship between trade reforms and the labour market is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269321
undermined trust in politicians, the media, the EU and social welfare spending financed by taxes. This is mainly due to economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404578
labour markets. Moreover, the paper highlights the knowledge gaps with regard to the longer-term and gender-specific welfare …
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-term growth and welfare in a currency union that faces fiscal rule constraints and inequality. To address this ongoing government …, inequality, and welfare depends on the type of fiscal policy adopted by government to fund it, notably the trade-off between … completely eliminating oil subsidies appears to be the best policy for reducing inequality while increasing growth and welfare …
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-up/top-down approach. This allows us to estimate the potential effects on households’ welfare and on the economy following a change in the …
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This study analyses the impact of Bolsa Família (a Brazilian conditional cash transfer programme) in the allocation of labour inputs regarding formal and informal activities. The methodology relies on a discontinuity in the programme eligibility rule regarding children's age to attain the...
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effects of simulated increases to the birth rates. We analyze the overall macroeconomic and welfare effects of these simulated … effects are positive, but short of the natalistic expenditures in many countries. The sign and the size of both welfare and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993212
effects of simulated increases to the birth rates. We analyze the overall macroeconomic and welfare effects of these simulated … effects are positive, but short of the natalistic expenditures in many countries. The sign and the size of both welfare and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997755
I study the employment effects of a 2008 policy reform in the Chilean pension system. The reform i) increased pension benefits, ii) changed the accrual rates, iii) relaxed eligibility criteria for low-savings retirees. I estimate the labor supply responses using two datasets. The first one is a...
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