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Immigration and public spending
Böheim, René; Mayr, Karin - 2005
We examine the effect of immigration on public spending from a theoretical (political economic) and an empirical … immigration increases or decreases public spending primarily depends on native's preferences for private versus public good … spending. We empirically test our theoretical hypotheses, the 'fiscal effect' and the 'anti-social effect' of immigration using …
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Immigration and Public Spending
Böheim, René; Mayr, Karin - 2021
We examine the relation between low-skilled and high-skilled immigration and public spending from a theoretical and an … that high-skilled immigration can have a negative effect on public spending only in the presence of an anti-social effect …. We test our theoretical hypotheses, the 'income effect' and the 'anti-social effect' of immigration, and a 'welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318149
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Immigration and public spending
Böheim, René; Mayr, Karin - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003242197
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The effect of cash transfers to schools on voluntary contributions
Bando Grana, Rosangela - 2014
School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about external funds transferred to the school. This paper explores the effects of two school-based management programs on parental investment in schools via voluntary contributions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287264
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Public Sector Efficiency and Fiscal Austerity
Ul Haque, Nadeem - 2006
This paper uses a simple model to analyze the forces that determine the size of the public sector and the quality of workers employed in that sector. Workers are heterogeneous, and the public sector chooses an employment strategy that maximizes a social welfare function U(s, Y) that depends on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012782286
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Revenue- versus spending-based consolidation plans : the role of follow-up
Beetsma, Roel; Furtuna, Oana; Giuliodori, Massimo - 2018
The literature on fiscal multipliers finds that spending-based fiscal consolidations tend to have more benign macro-economic consequences than revenue-based consolidations. By directly comparing ex-post data with consolidation plans, we present evidence of a systematically weaker follow-up of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904377
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Immigration, search, and redistribution : a quantitative assessment of native welfare
Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2014
redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418118
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Immigration, search, and redistribution : a quantitative assessment of native welfare
Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2014
redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418917
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Fiscal policy and income inequality : the role of taxes and social spending
Granger, Hazel; Abramovsky, Laura; Pudussery, Jessica - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013455694
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Integrating Climate Policies in the European Environment : A Policy Report
Carraro, Carlo; Goria, Alessandra - 2012
This report summarises the main ideas, proposals, scientific achievements, consensus and conflicting issues that emerged at the Second EFIEA Policy Workshop, held at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Palazzo delle Stelline, Corso Magenta 63, Milan, Italy, March 4th-6th, 1999. EFIEA, the European...
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