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How large is the private sector in Africa? Evidence from national accounts and labor markets

Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - 2011

In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most simple and fundamental question remains unanswered: how large is the African private sector? We present novel estimates of the size of the private sector in 50 African...

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Understanding inter-industry wage structures in the euro area

Genre, Véronique; Kohn, Karsten; Momferatou, Daphne - 2009

This paper focuses on the euro area wage structure and its potential determinants from a sectoral viewpoint. Merging information from the OECD Structural Analysis database with data from the EU Labour Force Survey, we construct a cross-country panel of 22 industries in 8 euro area countries for...

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Macroeconomic volatilities and the labor market: First results from the euro experiment

Merkl, Christian; Schmitz, Tom - 2010

This paper analyzes the effects of different labor market institutions on inflation and output volatility. The eurozone …

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Distributional National Accounts for Australia, 1991-2018

Fisher-Post, Matthew; Herault, Nicolas; Wilkins, Roger - 2022

combining household survey with administrative tax microdata and adjusting to match National Accounts aggregates. From these … to traditional household survey-based estimates of inequality. Moreover, we exploit the richness of our unique microdata …

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How Large Is the Private Sector in Africa? Evidence from National Accounts and Labor Markets

Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

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Generational accounting, solidarity and pension losses

Teulings, Coen N.; de Vries, Casper G. - 2003

The creeping stock market collapse eroded the wealth of funded pension systems. This led to political tensions between generations due to the fuzzy definition of property rights on the pension funds wealth. We argue that this problem can best be resolved by the introduction of generational...

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Do Pensions Impede Phased Retirement?

Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2004

Many workers reveal a preference for a gradual reduction in work hours as they approach retirement (?phased retirement?), rather than a sudden change from full-time work to full-time retirement. Pension regulations may impede phased retirement without a switch of employers by prohibiting access...

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Shifting Perspectives in Pensions

Góra, Marek; Palmer, Edward - 2004

This paper addresses the questions of what is an economically efficient pension system, what are the externalities and what are the risks of the four alternative pension systems: financial defined contribution (FDC), notional or non-financial defined contribution (NDC), financial defined benefit...

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Frühverrentung in Deutschland: Ökonomische Anreize und institutionelle Strukturen

Arnds, Pascal; Bonin, Holger - 2003

Das durchschnittliche Rentenzugangsalter in Deutschland liegt erheblich unter der gesetzlichen Regelaltersgrenze. Dieser Beitrag analysiert die arbeitsmarkt- und rentenpolitischen Ursachen der massiven Frühverrentung. Aufbauend auf einem Überblick über ökonomische Konzepte der...

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Do Mandatory Pensions Decrease Household Savings? Evidence for the Netherlands

Euwals, Rob - 2000

income. The goal of this paper is to test for the effect of mandatory pensions on discretionary household savings. The data … households. The survey contains rich information on house-hold wealth, pension rights and savings attitudes. A result of the … pensions have a significant negative impact on savings motives with respect to old age. Concerning the effect on household …

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