Building on new behavioral and institutional theories, using a data set of about 450 variables and augmenting the Sala-i-Martin definition of robustness, we find evidence in support of the hypothesis that the standard causes of the shadow economy (SE), taxes, the administrative burden and labor...

Criteria for evaluation of systems of fiscal federalism are derived from the current state of the theory of fiscal federalism. In a second step we provide an overview of developments of fiscal federalism systems in OECD countries highlighting some existing trends. Third, an overview of Russia's...

Productivity growth and in particular the significant acceleration of productivity growth in the US economy in the second half of the 1990’s, raised high expectations that the massive investment in ICT-capital goods had finally had its impact on the whole US economy. Numerous growth accounting...

In this study, we investigate whether population aging influences employment shares in different economic sectors. To this end, we employ dynamic panel data analysis. Our unbalanced data set comprises 54 countries and extends to a maximum time period from 1970 till 2004. Our results suggest that...

Unemployment in the Czech Republic has been relatively low since inception of transition. Potential explanatory factors are high private sector employment growth, excess wage increase taxation, cuts in unemployment benefits, labor force withdrawels and active labor market policies. This paper...

Insbesondere für die Nachfolgestaaten der früheren Sowjetunion wird die Aussagekraft der offiziellen Statistiken hinsichtlich des Rückgangs des realen Bruttoinlandsprodukts (BIP) seit Anfang der 90er Jahre bezweifelt. Die Statistiken der GUS-Länder geben ein BIP Pro-Kopf im Jahr 1995 in...