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Do labor market institutions influence suicide mortality? : an international panel data analysis

Breuer, Christian; Rottmann, Horst - 2014

1970 - 2011 and explicitly analyze the effects of unemployment and labor market institutions on suicide rates. In line with … a large body of literature our results suggest that unemployment increases suicide mortality, while real economic growth … tends to decrease suicides. The results also indicate that unemployment benefits decrease suicides of males, while …

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Estimating labor market slack, U.S. 1994-2019

Komlos, John - 2019

U3, the official unemployment rate, is an inadequate gauge of labor-market slack and the extent to which it misinforms … varies substantially over the business cycle. The U6 unemployment rate is usually about 4 percentage points above U3. However …

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The actual U.S. unemployment rate was 24.4% in May 2020

Komlos, John - 2020

The official U.S. unemployment rate is an inadequate measure of actual labor market conditions. This poses a major … challenge for researchers and confuses both the public and policy makers. A new definition of unemployment is proposed. It … unemployed. We find that the actual unemployment rate in May 2020 was 24.4% or 183% of the headline rate of 13.3%. …

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Unemployment and gang crime : could prosperity backfire?

Poutvaara, Panu (contributor); Priks, Mikael (contributor) - 2007

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The nexus between economic freedom and economic growth in the LDCs : an empirical analysis for the period 2000-2021

Afonso, António; Blanco-Arana, M. Carmen - 2023

Economic freedom and economic growth can be connected in most countries, but it is often necessary to specify those aspects of economic freedom that can foster economic growth. This paper examines the nexus between economic freedom and economic growth in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)...

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Fiscal transfers and fiscal sustainability

Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2014

We examine whether US and German state governments pursue sustainable fiscal policies taking into account fiscal transfers. Using panel data techniques we investigate whether the debt-to-GDP ratio had a positive influence on the primary surplus (Bohn-model). We show that including/excluding...

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Panel data gravity models of international trade

Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Pfaffermayr, Michael - 2014

One of the oldest and largest literatures in empirical economics is concerned with the estimation of demand and supply of goods, services, and factors across national or subnational borders (see Leamer and Levinsohn, 1995). The respective empirical models specified and estimated are often...

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Donor ideology and types of foreign aid

Brech, Viktor; Potrafke, Niklas - 2013

We examine how donor government ideology influences the composition of foreign aid flows. We use data for 23 OECD countries over the period 1960]2009 and distinguish between multilateral and bilateral aid, grants and loans, recipient characteristics such as income and political institutions,...

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Does public sector outsourcing decrease public employment? : empirical evidence from OECD countries

Potrafke, Niklas - 2018

I examine the extent to which public sector outsourcing relates to public employment in OECD countries. I use new panel data on public sector outsourcing. The sample includes 26 countries over the period 2009-2015. Contrary to common expectations, the results do not suggest that public sector...

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Government ideology and monetary policy in OECD countries

Cahan, Dodge; Dörr, Luisa; Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

We examine the extent to which government ideology has influenced monetary policy in OECD countries since the 1970s. In line with important changes in the global economy and differences across countries, regression results yield heterogeneous inferences depending on the time period and the...

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