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The idiosyncratic impact of an aggregate shock : the distributional consequences of COVID-19
Benzeval, Michaela; Burton, Jonathan; Crossley, Thomas F.; … - 2020
Using new data from the Understanding Society: COVID 19 survey collected in April 2020, we show how the aggregate shock caused by the pandemic affects individuals across the distribution. The survey collects data from existing members of the Under-standing Society panel survey who have been...
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Minimum wage not yet for everyone : on the compensation of eligible workers before and after the minimum wage reform from the perspective of employees
Burauel, Patrick; Caliendo, Marco; Fedorets, Alexandra; … - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 49, pp. 509-522
Calculations based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) show that after the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany in January 2015, the wage growth of eligible employees with low wages accelerated significantly. Before the reform, the nominal growth in contractual hourly...
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Using distribution regression difference-in-differences to evaluate the effects of a minimum wage introduction on the distribution of hourly wages and hours worked
Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Rümmele, Marian - 2022
-over effects up to 20 percent above it. We show that inequality in hourly wages fell between 2014 and 2018, but that the long …-term trend of rising inequality would already have been stopped after 2014 without the minimum wage. We demonstrate that the …
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A fresh look at an old question : is pro-poor targeting of cash transfers more effective than universal systems at reducing inequality and poverty?
McKnight, Abigail - 2015
This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …
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Hawtrey, austerity, and the "Treasury view", 1918-25
Mattei, Clara Elisabetta - 2016
In Great Britain the seven years following WWI were marked by rigorous austerity policies. From 1918 to 1925 the main objectives were budget cuts and monetary deflation. Certainly, being the central department for financial policies, the British Treasury had decisive authority in setting such...
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Can Contractionary Fiscal Policy Be Expansionary? : Consolidation, Sustainability and Fiscal Policy Impact in Britain in the 1930s
Middleton, Roger - 2012
This paper offer a guide to how the British experience of 1929–39 may provide useful macroeconomic lessons for the present once due regard is made for historical contingency and context. It re-examines the forces that shaped policy and what we know about policy impact, focusing on, first, the...
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Monetary versus Macroprudential Policies Causal Impacts of Interest Rates and Credit Controls in the Era of the UK Radcliffe Report
Aikman, David - 2016
We have entered a world of conjoined monetary and macroprudential policies. But can they function smoothly in tandem, and with what effects? Since this policy cocktail has not been seen for decades, the empirical evidence is almost non-existent. We can only fix this shortcoming in a historical...
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La revolución Keynesiana en perspectiva : contexto histórico y precursores
Ocampo, Emilio - 2020
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The macroeconomic effects of banking crises : evidence from the United Kingdom, 1750-1938
Kenny, Sean; Lennard, Jason; Turner, John D. - 2017
This paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of UK banking crises over the period 1750 to 1938. We construct a new annual banking crisis series using bank failure rate data, which suggests that the incidence of banking crises was every 32 years. Using our new series and a narrative approach...
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The impact of redistributive policies on inequality in OECD countries
Doerrenberg, Philipp; Peichl, Andreas - 2014
policies are able to effectively reduce income inequality. We contribute to this research question by using different country …-level data sources to study inequality trends in OECD countries since 1980. We first investigate the development of inequality … over time before analyzing the question of whether governments can effectively reduce inequality. Different identification …
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