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The Microeconomics of Poverty Traps in Mexico [PDF]

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Macroeconomists, development scholars, and policy makers have long recognized the importance of poverty traps as a mayor cause of persistent inequality and a serious limitation to growth.
Hector J. Villarreal, Jean-Paul Chavas
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Fiscal Policy Instruments for Inclusive Labor Markets: A Review

open access: yesJournal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper critically reviews fiscal policy instruments—including active labor market policies, social protection measures, care policies, and tax reforms—focusing on their differentiated impacts on underrepresented groups and their potential to foster labor market inclusivity.
Ekkehard Ernst   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Methodology and Microeconomics in the Early Work of Hyman P. Minsky" [PDF]

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This paper reviews the recently published Ph.D. thesis of Hyman P. Minsky, summarizing its main contributions to methodology and microeconomics. These were aspects of economics with which Minsky is not usually associated, but which lie at the foundation ...
Jan Toporowski
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Understanding UK Productivity Using a Macroeconomic Lens

open access: yesJournal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We survey UK labor productivity over the long run, comparing it with other advanced economies, and focus on the sharp slowdown since the global financial crisis. Using a growth accounting framework, we highlight the primary role of total factor productivity (TFP), while noting that the contribution of capital shallowing is influenced by ...
Jagjit S. Chadha, Issam Samiri
wiley   +1 more source

essays in microeconomics

open access: yes, 2015
This dissertation studies the impact of a lack of commitment of a central economic actor in a given institutional environment. Essay 1 offers a novel explanation for the occurrence of coarse disclosure in certification: coarseness reduces the threat of collusion between certifiers and sellers.
openaire   +3 more sources

Price Rigidity and Flexibility: Recent Theoretical Developments [PDF]

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The price system, the adjustment of prices to changes in market conditions, is the primary mechanism by which markets function and by which the three most basic questions get answered: what to produce, how much to produce and for whom to produce.
Levy, Daniel
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