can a war on poverty be won
... public provision of healthcare distinguishes the more encompassing social democratic welfare states from the most liberal variants. Second, public employment is essential in terms of the civil servants who provide social services and as a program to alleviate unemployment (Blank 1997; Huber and Step ...
... public provision of healthcare distinguishes the more encompassing social democratic welfare states from the most liberal variants. Second, public employment is essential in terms of the civil servants who provide social services and as a program to alleviate unemployment (Blank 1997; Huber and Step ...
5 Welfare - Vidraedur.is
... Moving Iceland Forward initative • Broad consultation under the direction of the Prime Minister´s Office for pro-active plans to boost long-term employment and quality of life in all areas of Iceland. • More than a thousand people contributed to the project at national forums: Inhabitants from all ...
... Moving Iceland Forward initative • Broad consultation under the direction of the Prime Minister´s Office for pro-active plans to boost long-term employment and quality of life in all areas of Iceland. • More than a thousand people contributed to the project at national forums: Inhabitants from all ...
Analysis of Trends and Challenges in the Indonesian Labor Market
... had disparate labor market outcomes, highlighting problems posed by labor market segmentation. Increasing investment in education has expanded the pool of educated workers; although, these investments have not translated into substantial gains in labor productivity. Under-qualified workers still fil ...
... had disparate labor market outcomes, highlighting problems posed by labor market segmentation. Increasing investment in education has expanded the pool of educated workers; although, these investments have not translated into substantial gains in labor productivity. Under-qualified workers still fil ...
How Trade Unions Increase Welfare A. Donado and K. Wälde
... due to the widespread use of new technologies and fast economic growth. These movements and associated political pressure caused Bismarck, the German chancellor, to put - inter alia - statutory accident insurance in force in 1884. The upshot of this discussion about historical episodes of advanced O ...
... due to the widespread use of new technologies and fast economic growth. These movements and associated political pressure caused Bismarck, the German chancellor, to put - inter alia - statutory accident insurance in force in 1884. The upshot of this discussion about historical episodes of advanced O ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE COSTS OF FINANCIAL CRISES:
... Our paper builds on several literatures. Like Chari, Kehoe and McGrattan (2005), Meza and Quintin (2005), Benjamin and Meza (2007), Kehoe and Ruhl (2006), Christiano, Gust and Roldos (2004), Neumeyer and Perri (2005), Mendoza (2006), Mendoza and Yue (2007), Arellano and Mendoza (2003) and Mendoza an ...
... Our paper builds on several literatures. Like Chari, Kehoe and McGrattan (2005), Meza and Quintin (2005), Benjamin and Meza (2007), Kehoe and Ruhl (2006), Christiano, Gust and Roldos (2004), Neumeyer and Perri (2005), Mendoza (2006), Mendoza and Yue (2007), Arellano and Mendoza (2003) and Mendoza an ...
Exclusion from wage work and regulation of capitalism, IREC 2010
... broad perspective of societal integration. A sporadic example may clarify this idea. In a Eurobarometer survey from the year 2008, the respondents were asked to name factors that would put people into a disadvantaged position when applying for a job. The question also included an assumption that the ...
... broad perspective of societal integration. A sporadic example may clarify this idea. In a Eurobarometer survey from the year 2008, the respondents were asked to name factors that would put people into a disadvantaged position when applying for a job. The question also included an assumption that the ...
The Slovak Experience with Transition to Market Economy
... at a wide group of working people and their families. The state was a sole provider of social safety and one of the conditions for social safety was loyalty and physical presence at work, not a person’s effort. No rules for increase of family and social benefits did exist and only thanks to low real ...
... at a wide group of working people and their families. The state was a sole provider of social safety and one of the conditions for social safety was loyalty and physical presence at work, not a person’s effort. No rules for increase of family and social benefits did exist and only thanks to low real ...
Neoliberalism, Globalization, Financialization
... The new neoliberal orthodoxy came in several variants, bearing such names as monetarism, rational expectations theory, supply side economics, crowding-out theory, and real business cycle theory. However, they are all based on the elevation of individual choice in unregulated markets to the position ...
... The new neoliberal orthodoxy came in several variants, bearing such names as monetarism, rational expectations theory, supply side economics, crowding-out theory, and real business cycle theory. However, they are all based on the elevation of individual choice in unregulated markets to the position ...
5. COMPETITIVE MARKETS We studied how individual consumers
... there are strategic independence. What we have not considered carefully so far are the institutions under which economic agents make their decisions. This is the task that we are going to take up now. When the two basic types of economic agents, consumers and …rms, make decisions, they interact thro ...
... there are strategic independence. What we have not considered carefully so far are the institutions under which economic agents make their decisions. This is the task that we are going to take up now. When the two basic types of economic agents, consumers and …rms, make decisions, they interact thro ...
Sir Roger Douglas and Robert MacCulloch
... available. The government offers a low-cost one called ‘MediShield’ under which individuals are automatically insured unless choosing to opt out. As a catastrophic health insurance, MediShield focuses its benefits on helping people pay for serious illnesses. There is also the option of purchasing pr ...
... available. The government offers a low-cost one called ‘MediShield’ under which individuals are automatically insured unless choosing to opt out. As a catastrophic health insurance, MediShield focuses its benefits on helping people pay for serious illnesses. There is also the option of purchasing pr ...
Employment/public work programs
... Employment/public works programs aim is to redistribute income and resources to current unemployed by providing jobs during economic crisis • As a difference with the CCT programs which are targeted to the structurally poor, these programs can be use to target different types of beneficiaries: ...
... Employment/public works programs aim is to redistribute income and resources to current unemployed by providing jobs during economic crisis • As a difference with the CCT programs which are targeted to the structurally poor, these programs can be use to target different types of beneficiaries: ...
slides - Mathieu Taschereau
... • Capital workweek: 55% of variation in capacity utilization (Beaulieu and Mattey, 1998) • Plant shutdowns/restart: 80% of output volatility at plant-level in auto manufacturing explained by shiftwork, Saturday work and intermittent production (Bresnahan and Ramey, 1994) ...
... • Capital workweek: 55% of variation in capacity utilization (Beaulieu and Mattey, 1998) • Plant shutdowns/restart: 80% of output volatility at plant-level in auto manufacturing explained by shiftwork, Saturday work and intermittent production (Bresnahan and Ramey, 1994) ...
János Kornai`s Comparative Theory and Defense of Capitalism
... In this book, he gives examples of historic tendencies that may, as a matter of fact, question affinity and coherence. Under the rubric of “historic changes and long-term tendencies”, he notes important “alterations” in the capitalist system. The first is the growth of the welfare state. When it is ...
... In this book, he gives examples of historic tendencies that may, as a matter of fact, question affinity and coherence. Under the rubric of “historic changes and long-term tendencies”, he notes important “alterations” in the capitalist system. The first is the growth of the welfare state. When it is ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
... combination of downward nominal wage rigidity and a currency peg. The mechanism is as follows. Consider the economy’s adjustment to a negative tradable output shock, such as a deterioration in the terms of trade. Households respond to this negative external shock by lowering their demand for consump ...
... combination of downward nominal wage rigidity and a currency peg. The mechanism is as follows. Consider the economy’s adjustment to a negative tradable output shock, such as a deterioration in the terms of trade. Households respond to this negative external shock by lowering their demand for consump ...
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... During the transition the income inequality in Poland increased. Declines in real income2 have resulted for all centrally planned economies, but the burden of these declines has not been spread equally. Real income fell in the first year after the introduction of the reforms for nearly all of the so ...
... During the transition the income inequality in Poland increased. Declines in real income2 have resulted for all centrally planned economies, but the burden of these declines has not been spread equally. Real income fell in the first year after the introduction of the reforms for nearly all of the so ...
16.4 "Welfare"
... What tools does the government possess to intervene in the economy? Who wields these tools and how effective are they in improving economic growth? Why do conservatives and liberals disagree about social welfare policy? ...
... What tools does the government possess to intervene in the economy? Who wields these tools and how effective are they in improving economic growth? Why do conservatives and liberals disagree about social welfare policy? ...
edwards_ch16_lecture
... What tools does the government possess to intervene in the economy? Who wields these tools and how effective are they in improving economic growth? Why do conservatives and liberals disagree about social welfare policy? ...
... What tools does the government possess to intervene in the economy? Who wields these tools and how effective are they in improving economic growth? Why do conservatives and liberals disagree about social welfare policy? ...
Social Theory and the Transformation of Capitalism in the Twentieth
... been the massive transformations in the organization of industrial production, in corporate organization and in state finance and services that have been occurring in industrial societies all over the world. These transformations are awkwardly explained by the unitary traditions, not only because di ...
... been the massive transformations in the organization of industrial production, in corporate organization and in state finance and services that have been occurring in industrial societies all over the world. These transformations are awkwardly explained by the unitary traditions, not only because di ...
The Swedish model: an alternative to macroeconomic policy
... defense of equal pay for equal services, regardless of profitability or the company’s ability to pay (Whyman, 2003, pp. 39-40). Companies should compete with each other through productivity and not through cost reductions regarding to labor. However, the model does not suggest a general equalization ...
... defense of equal pay for equal services, regardless of profitability or the company’s ability to pay (Whyman, 2003, pp. 39-40). Companies should compete with each other through productivity and not through cost reductions regarding to labor. However, the model does not suggest a general equalization ...
Labor Markets, Economic Policies, and European Economic Growth
... elites’ emphasis on growth and consensus-building encouraged voters to judge government performance on precisely those dimensions, and a “frozen” party system with relatively stable voting blocks reduced the incentives of parties to try to buy off each others constituencies through policy overbiddin ...
... elites’ emphasis on growth and consensus-building encouraged voters to judge government performance on precisely those dimensions, and a “frozen” party system with relatively stable voting blocks reduced the incentives of parties to try to buy off each others constituencies through policy overbiddin ...
Francisco Gomes* Alexander Michaelides CRR WP 2003-16
... Financing retirement benefits is probably the most significant fiscal challenge that governments in industrial economies will be facing in the next few decades. Social security reform has therefore become an important public policy issue for many countries and various reform proposals have been rece ...
... Financing retirement benefits is probably the most significant fiscal challenge that governments in industrial economies will be facing in the next few decades. Social security reform has therefore become an important public policy issue for many countries and various reform proposals have been rece ...
1 János Kornai`s comparative theory and defense of capitalism
... context where he feels that capitalism is not appreciated as it should. The second, more substantial essay is « Shortage economy – surplus economy ». Considering markets for goods and services in capitalism, Kornai observes that the forces producing recurrent surplus are related to supply (monopolis ...
... context where he feels that capitalism is not appreciated as it should. The second, more substantial essay is « Shortage economy – surplus economy ». Considering markets for goods and services in capitalism, Kornai observes that the forces producing recurrent surplus are related to supply (monopolis ...
Chapter 9 High Road Capitalism
... opportunities for the average American, who does not have a college education, the United States economy has been losing jobs in sectors with relatively high wages and adding jobs in sectors with lower wages. -- Table 9.1 and Figure 9.9 about here -This decline in manufacturing is bound up with anot ...
... opportunities for the average American, who does not have a college education, the United States economy has been losing jobs in sectors with relatively high wages and adding jobs in sectors with lower wages. -- Table 9.1 and Figure 9.9 about here -This decline in manufacturing is bound up with anot ...
Marxian Political Economy: Legacy and Renewal
... The third revolution, a financial revolution, occurred in the financial sector or, more accurately, affected the relationship between this sector and the new corporations. The financial sector backed the corporate revolution, in a complex relationship where both support and control were involved. Ru ...
... The third revolution, a financial revolution, occurred in the financial sector or, more accurately, affected the relationship between this sector and the new corporations. The financial sector backed the corporate revolution, in a complex relationship where both support and control were involved. Ru ...
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... * Consumer protection safety * Costs of production * Government subsidies to poor, * Taxation disabled & needy ...
... * Consumer protection safety * Costs of production * Government subsidies to poor, * Taxation disabled & needy ...