The Selected Issues paper examines the dynamics of the inflation process in the United Kingdom, particularly the influence of external shocks. The paper provides a brief summary of existing empirical work. It presents the expectations-augmented Phillips curve model used in the analysis. The...

This report assesses HMRC’s tax gap analysis program and provides advice and guidance on further improving it. The report addresses three aspects of the program: (1) the models and methodologies employed; (2) the approach to disseminating the results; and (3) the use of the results in supporting...

Previous tests for convexity in the Phillips curve have been biased because researchers have employed filtering techniques for the NAIRU that have been fundamentally inconsistent with the existence of convexity. This paper places linear and nonlinear models of the Phillips curve on an equal...

This paper reviews economic developments in the United Kingdom during 1991–95. Following a brisk expansion in 1994, when the economy achieved a rare combination of above-trend output growth and historically low inflation, the pace of economic activity in the United Kingdom has moderated in the...

This paper reviews the first five years’ experience with inflation targeting in the United Kingdom. It concludes that inflation performance was not significantly different under inflation targeting than predicted by a VAR model estimated in the period prior to participation in the exchange...

Der Tübinger Hochschullehrer legt sein Kompendium zum Vergleich der westeuropäischen Wohlfahrtsstaaten jetzt im Umfang deutlich erweitert in 3. Auflage mit Stand Herbst 2009 vor (zuletzt ID 24/96). Basis der Erstauflage von 1996 war ein von der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung initiiertes...

Das Thema Kinderarmut ist in der Bundesrepublik zu einem viel beachteten Thema in der politischen Auseinandersetzung avanciert. Die Publikation möchte einen ersten Überblick über den europäischen Forschungsdiskurs geben und die bisherigen bundesrepublikanischen Forschungsergebnisse...