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Accounting for Cross‐Country Differences in Output Per Worker: A Sectoral CES Perspective

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The standard macroeconomic literature suggests that richer countries employ more productive technologies. Removing technological disparities between countries would hence narrow the substantial variation in output per worker across countries.
Jan Trenczek, Konstantin M. Wacker
wiley   +1 more source

A Polyphonic Debate on Social Equity Budgeting

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper is polyphonic (i.e., a debate involving multiple perspectives) and highlights emerging interdisciplinary thoughts on past, current, and future social equity budgeting (SEB). We present a vision for the field and emphasize the potential impact of this paper. We hope to enliven debates regarding context, underpinning philosophies, and
Bruce D. McDonald III, Laurence Ferry, Sean A. McCandless, Meagan M. Jordan, Ileana Steccolini, John R. Bartle, Thomas Ahrens, Jim Haslam, Philip G. Joyce, Tobias Polzer   +9 more
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The Biased Reaction to Changes in Family‐Related Public Expenditure: How Generosity and Universalism Relate to Fertility

Population and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the relationship between fertility and social policies across countries within the European Union. Using European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU‐SILC) data from 2005 to 2020, the research investigates how increases and reductions in family allowances are connected to the likelihood of subsequent births
Andrea Barigazzi, Giovanni Gallo, Stephan Köppe   +2 more
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The Disciplining Impact of Local Fiscal Rules in the EU

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract Although research highlights the discipline‐enhancing effect of fiscal rules at the national level, little is known about their impact on local budgets. We employ a dynamic fiscal reaction function within an LSDVC framework to explore the relevance of different local fiscal rules in the EU using a panel dataset of 26 European countries over a ...
Beate Jochimsen, Christian Raffer
wiley   +1 more source

Using Cultural Theory to Specify the Policy Actors, Belief Systems, and Sources of Coalition, Conflict, Stability, and Change in Policy Advocacy Coalitions and Environmental Resource Policies

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We use grid‐group cultural theory (CT) to specify underspecified aspects of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). Our theoretical synthesis of CT and the ACF provides, first, an exhaustive typology of policy actors and their cultural cognitive biases that entail, guide, and constrain policy core beliefs about problem definitions and ...
Metodi Sotirov, Brendon Swedlow
wiley   +1 more source

The Downward Spiral of Legitimacy Erosion: Lessons on Network Governance Failure During the German “Refugee Crisis”

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Organizational legitimacy is essential for effective crisis governance. This study analyzes the rapid erosion of legitimacy faced by the German State Office for Health and Social Affairs (LAGeSo) during the 2015 refugee crisis, triggering cascading failures in public service delivery.
Iris Seidemann, Kristina S. Weißmüller, Daniel Geiger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Eco‐Social Policymaking: Trends, Drivers, and Barriers. Introduction to the Special Issue

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, research on the integration between social and ecological policies has significantly expanded, highlighting the multiple ways in which these two domains interact. Concepts such as “just transition” and “sustainable welfare” have gained prominence as normative frameworks capturing these interconnections.
Matteo Mandelli, Ekaterina Domorenok, Paolo Graziano, Katharina Zimmermann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skill‐Biased Policy Change: Governing the Transition to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden and Britain

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How have advanced capitalist democracies transitioned from a Fordist to a post‐Fordist, knowledge‐based economy? And why have they followed seemingly similar policy trajectories despite different economic models and sectoral specializations? We develop the notion of skill‐biased policy change to answer these questions. Drawing on a distinction
Sebastian Diessner, Niccolo Durazzi, Federico Filetti, David Hope, Hanna Kleider, Simone Tonelli   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Comparative Political Economy of the Green Transition: Economic Specializations and Skills Regimes in Europe

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The green transition is fundamentally transforming contemporary economies and societies. This article investigates how European models of capitalism perform and specialize across the green value chain—conceptualized as innovation, manufacturing, services, and deployment—and how national skill formation systems underpin these specializations ...
Luca Cigna, Donato Di Carlo, Niccolò Durazzi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
wiley   +1 more source