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Individual mortality and macro-economic conditions from birth to death

Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; van den Berg, … - 2003

This paper analyzes the effects of macro-economic conditions throughout life on the individual mortality rate. We estimate flexible duration models where the individual?s mortality rate depends on current conditions, conditions earlier in life (notably during childhood), calendar time, age,...

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Individual Mortality and Macro-Economic Conditions from Birth to Death

Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; van den Berg, … - 2003

a recession to those born in the preceding boom, and we estimate duration models where the individual's mortality rate …

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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality

van den Berg, Gerard J.; Modin, Bitte - 2013

(across the full range) and CV mortality rate later in life is significantly stronger if the individual is born in a recession …

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Recent changes in the US business cycle

Chauvet, Marcelle; Potter, Simon - 2001

The U.S. business cycle expansion that started in March 1991 is the longest on record. This paper uses statistical techniques to examine whether this expansion is a onetime unique event or whether its length is a result of a change in the stability of the U.S. economy. Bayesian methods are used...

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On the persistence of firm expansion: The survival of new jobs in Austrian firms

Böheim, René; Stiglbauer, Alfred; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2005

While the volatility of job creations has been studied extensively, the survival chances of new jobs are less researched. The question when and how to expand a firm is of importance, both from the firm's and from a macro perspective. Adjustment cost theories and arguments about option values of...

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An Anatomy of Firm Level Job Creation Rates over the Business Cycle

Hölzl, Werner; Huber, Peter - 2009

We study the evolution and cyclical dependency of the cross sectional distribution of firm level job creation rates from 1975 to 2004 for the Austrian private sector. We find that the share of firms that o not adjust has declined over time, but that the share of entries, exits, growing and...

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Theory and evidence on the finance-growth relationship: The virtuous and unvirtuous cycles

Lauretta, Eliana; Chaudhry, Sajid M.; Mullineux, Andrew W. - 2016

endogenously generated by the established OTD (Originate-To-Distribute) model within the new finance-growth paradigm. Good finance … virtuous cycle), whereas bad finance captures part of the created wealth and, thanks to a highly technologically advanced … financial system with the ability to create money ex nihilo, over time it drags the economy down to recession or negative growth …

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The economic expansion in the US since 2009 and Donald Trump's ambitions to 'drain the swamp'

Evans, Trevor - In: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: … 15 (2018) 1, pp. 12-31

Since the prolonged recession in 1980–1982 which laid the basis for the emergence of finance-led capitalism in the US …

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Data Analysis for Risk Management – Economics, Finance and Business

Jajuga, Krzysztof (contributor); … - 2024

This reprint concerns methods of data analysis for risk management in economics, finance, and business. The presented …

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Non-base wage components as a source of wage adaptability to shocks: Evidence from European firms, 2010-2013

Babeckij, Jan; Berson, Clémence; Fadejeva, Ludmila; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 8 (2019) 1, pp. 1-18

This paper provides evidence on the role of non-base wage components as a channel for firms to adjust labour costs in the event of adverse shocks. It uses data from a firm-level survey for 25 European countries that covers the period 2010-2013. We find that firms subject to nominal wage...

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