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Unemployment in the United States and in Europe : a contrast and the reasons
Solow, Robert - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781501
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Credibility and transparency of Central Banks : new results based on Ifo s world economicy survey
Hamella, Sandra; Haan, Jakob de - 2004
This paper reports the results of a survey among private sector economists about credibility and transparency of central banks. In line with the survey of Alan Blinder among central bankers, we asked participants in Ifo s World Economic Survey to answer questions on the importance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399168
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Getting life expectancy estimates right for pension policy : period versus cohort approach
Ayuso, Mercedes; Bravo, Jorge; Holzmann, Robert - 2018 - Revised version, as of 4.11.2018
In many policy areas it is essential to use the best estimates of life expectancy, but it is vital to most areas of pension policy. This paper presents the conceptual differences between static period and dynamic cohort mortality tables, estimates the differences in life expectancy for Portugal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931452
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Labor market policy : a comparative view on the costs and benefits of labor market flexibility
Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2010
I review theories and evidence on labor market policies and institutions in an international context. These include collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and active labor market policies. Scandinavia and Central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003994539
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Tax evasion, welfare fraud, and “the broken windows” effect : an experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands
Lefebvre, Mathieu; Pestieau, Pierre; Riedl, Arno; … - 2011
In a series of experiments conducted in Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders), France and the Netherlands, we compare … examples of high compliance exert no influence; (iv) tax evasion is more frequent in France and the Netherlands; Walloons evade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009012189
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The structure of worker compensation in Brazil, with a comparison to France and the United States
Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino (contributor);  … - 2006
differential in Brazilian and U.S. manufacturing coincides, and is considerably smaller than in France. Estimates are unaffected by … those of France. Worker characteristics have comparable explanatory power for manufacturing wage variability in the three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003300948
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Exports and property prices in France : are they connected?
Égert, Balázs; Kierzenkowski, Rafał - 2010
France has seen a marked deterioration in its export performance in the last 10 years or so. Previous empirical …-to-head competition with Germany; iii) low non-price competitiveness of French export goods; iv) offshoring of entire production processes … construction sector triggered by fast rising property prices hindered France to meet world export demand vis-à-vis its products …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003967759
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What do we know about recent exchange rate models? : in-sample fit and out-of-sample performance evaluated
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Chinn, Menzie David; Pascual, Antonio … - 2003
Previous assessments of nominal exchange rate determination have focused upon a narrow set of models typically of the 1970 s vintage, including monetary and portfolio balance models. In this paper we re-assess the in-sample fit and out-of-sample prediction of a wider set of models that have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507659
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Inequality and the state : comparing U.S. and German preferences
Corneo, Giacomo - 2000
Survey data from the United States, West Germany and East Germany are analyzed to compare individual attitudes towards … political redistribution in each country. In West Germany the homo oeconomicus effect , the social rivalry effect and the public … effect disappears. In East Germany both the second and the third effect disappear. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009780207
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Significance of development stage theory for explaining industrial growth pattern between Asian NICs and selected advanced economies
Nam, Chang-woon - 2002
Germany and the US. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409015