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COVID-19 and (gender) inequality in income: the impact of discretionary policy measures in Austria
This paper analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on household income in Austria, using detailed administrative labor market data, in combination with micro-simulation techniques that enable specific labor market transitions to be modeled.
Michael Christl +3 more
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Dynamic effects of fiscal policy in Croatia: confronting New-Keynesian SOE theory with empirics [PDF]
In this paper we calibrate a small open economy (SOE) New-Keynesian DSGE model for the Croatian economy. The main focus of the paper is on the effects of fiscal policy, more precisely government consumption, on employment, output, inflation and trade ...
Milan Deskar-Škrbić
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Reinventing Fiscal Policy [PDF]
Recent developments in macroeconomic policy, in terms of both theory and practice, have elevated monetary policy while downgrading fiscal policy. Monetary policy has focused on the setting of interest rates as the key policy instrument, along with the adoption of inflation targets and the use of monetary policy to target inflation.
Philip Arestis, Malcolm Sawyer
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The Lock-in Effect of Marriage: Work Incentives after Saying “I Do”
In this paper, we use EUROMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model of the European Union, to investigate the impact of marriage-related tax-benefit instruments on the financial incentives to work of married couples.
Michael Christl +2 more
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Although the economic recovery is steadily being reflected in an improvement in the fiscal numbers, the UK is still only half‐way though the Government's planned fiscal austerity. But whether the spending cuts that are still to come are really deliverable remains questionable…
James E. Alt +2 more
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Abstract This paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy in a setting in which private agents receive noisy signals about future shocks to government expenditures. We show how to empirically identify the relative weight of news and noise shocks to government spending and compute the level of noise for Canada, the UK and the US.
Fève, Patrick, Pietrunti, Mario
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Economy-wide energy efficiency using a comprehensive decomposition method [PDF]
This study compares the energy intensity performance in Indonesia to other south-east Asia countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, The Philippines and Malaysia for the period from 1971 to 2016.
D. Setyawan
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Taxes and the macro economy [PDF]
My research with Furman (2018) assessed the 2017 U.S. tax reform and concluded that economic growth would be boosted by about 1 percent per year for 2018-19 and to a lesser extent for the following eight years.
Robert J. Barro
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Income Inequality and Noncash Food Assistance Program in Central Java Province
One measure of income inequality that is often used is the Gini Coefficient. In Central Java Province, the income inequality in March 2019 was increasing compared to income inequality in September 2018. To reduce this income inequality, the government is
Yusuf Munandar
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Determinants of Labor Market in Jakarta Metropolitan Area: A Survival Analysis of Commuters
This study aims to assess the determinants of the labor market in the Greater Jakarta Area (Jabodetabek) with a population of 27.9 million (2010 census) and growth rate of 3.6 percent per annum over the period 2000-2010. With a total area of 4,384 square
Irwanda Wisnu Wardhana +2 more
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