The public debt stock in some economically developed countries continues to increase because of a lack of tax revenues and the concomitant burdens of social security. Many of those countries suffer from lower birth rates and consequently, have fewer children. Child allowances might be an...

EU fiscal rules are meant to keep public finances on a sustainable path. This paper presents a new database that tracks numerical compliance with the four main rules of the Stability and Growth Pact starting in 1998. Our assessment of numerical compliance abstracts from the many exceptions and...

Die Staatsverschuldung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland betrug Ende des Jahres 2008 1 518 Milliarden Euro. Ein großer Teil dieser Schulden hat seinen Ursprung im deutschen Einigungsprozess, und zwar sowohl in der Übernahme von Altschulden der DDR als auch in der Kreditfinanzierung des...

We exploit the size of the 2010 Ecuadorian Census to estimate the effect of remittances on secondary school enrollment across four key dimensions: gender, household wealth, rural vs. urban, and family migration status. Using a bivariate probit model that accounts for both endogeneity and...