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Access to finance and innovative activity of EU firms : a cluster analysis

Ferrando, Annalisa; Lekpek, Senad - 2018

The way firms finance their investments can potentially explain the heterogeneity of firms in terms of their innovation. We use a novel firm-level survey of the European Investment Bank (EIBIS) which provides information about a wide range of financing sources that firms use to fund their...

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The effects of capital requirements on good and bad risk-taking

Pancost, N. Aaron; Robatto, Roberto - 2019

We study optimal capital requirement regulation in a dynamic quantitative model in which nonfinancial firms, as well as households, hold deposits. Firms hold deposits for precautionary reasons and to facilitate the acquisition of production inputs. Our theoretical analysis identifies a novel...

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When gambling for resurrection is too risky

Kirti, Divya - 2018

Rather than taking on more risk, US insurers hit hard by the crisis pulled back from risk taking, relative to insurers … hit less hard by the crisis. Capital requirements alone do not explain this risk reduction: insurers hit hard reduced risk … within assets with identical regulatory treatment. State level US insurance regulation makes it unlikely this risk reduction …

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Increasing social insurance coverage in Viet Nam's SMEs

Castel, Paulette; Pick, Alexander - 2018

Viet Nam has made significant progress in expanding social insurance coverage in recent years. However, coverage amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains very low and very few workers in this sector are expected to receive a pension in retirement. Drawing on two datasets for...

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Making employment more inclusive in the Netherlands

Baker, Mark; Gielens, Lindy - 2018

The Dutch labour market has recovered and the unemployment rate has been converging towards pre-crisis levels. Non-standard forms of work have expanded with a strong trend towards self-employment and an increased reliance on temporary contracts. These developments may reflect a preference of...

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Improving the labour market integration of immigrants in Belgium

Pina, Álvaro Manuel; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2015

Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages,...

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Improving the pension system and the welfare of retirees in Israel

Giorno, Claude; Adda, Jacques - 2016

Israel is a young country with still dynamic population growth, but it is already beginning to face the consequences of population ageing. The pension system relies largely on mandatory private retirement saving, which will moderate the long-term fiscal impact. Yet, there are questions about the...

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Balancing inclusiveness, work incentives and sustainability in Denmark

Klein, Caroline; Hansen, Louise Aggerstrøm - 2016

The generous Danish welfare state relies on a high degree of labour force participation both for financing and in order to ensure social cohesion. This underlines the need for getting work incentives right and improve the employability of vulnerable groups of workers, in particular migrants....

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Tax and benefit reforms to support employment and inclusiveness and address poverty in Italy

Bulman, Tim; Pacifico, Daniele; Pisu, Mauro; … - 2019

This paper assesses Italy’s 2019 tax and benefit reforms, analyses hypothetical reforms and proposes a reform package that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and the EUROMOD microsimulation models, it shows that...

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Raising living standards and supporting investment by boosting skills in Slovenia

O'Farrell, Rory - 2017

Higher living standards and well-being, as well as convergence with more advanced economies, will depend on achieving higher productivity, which in turn would be boosted by more investment in capital. In particular, investment in knowledge-based capital and greater inward FDI can help Slovenia...

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