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138 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15255
Regional Consumption Responses and the Aggregate Fiscal Multiplier
Bill Dupor, Marios Karabarbounis, Marianna Kudlyak, M. Saif Mehkari
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15156
State-Level Economic Policy Uncertainty
Scott R. Baker, Steven J. Davis, Jeffrey A. Levy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15100
Progressing Towards Efficiency: The Role for Labor Tax Progression in Reforming Social Security
Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz, Oliwia Komada
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15058
Universal Basic Income: Inspecting the Mechanisms
Nir Jaimovich, Itay Saporta-Eksten, Ofer Setty, Yaniv Yedid-Levi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14943
Minimum Wages and Insurance within the Firm
Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Francesco Manaresi, Omar Rachedi, Emircan Yurdagul
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14883
Fiscal Multipliers in the COVID-19 Recession
Alan Auerbach, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Peter B. McCrory, Daniel Murphy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14805
Efficiency versus Insurance: Capital Income Taxation and Privatizing Social Security
Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz, Oliwia Komada
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14369
The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks
Ines Helm, Jan Stuhler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14329
Short-Time Work and Precautionary Savings
Thomas Dengler, Britta Gehrke
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14327
Experiencing Booms and Busts in the Welfare State and Support for Redistribution
Kerstin F. Hansen, Alois Stutzer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14248
Labor Demand Response to Labor Supply Incentives: Lessons from the German Mini-Job Reform
Gabriela Galassi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14202
COVID-19: Erroneous Modelling and Its Policy Implications
Yinon Bar-On, Tatiana Baron, Ofer Cornfeld, Ron Milo, Eran Yashiv
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14166
Policies to Help the Working Class in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Lessons from the Great Recession
Richard V. Burkhauser, Kevin Corinth, Douglas Holtz-Eakin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14145
Language Training and Refugees' Integration
Jacob Nielsen Arendt, Iben Bolvig, Mette Foged, Linea Hasager, Giovanni Peri
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14085
Whether, When and How to Extend Unemployment Benefits: Theory and Application to COVID-19
Kurt Mitman, Stanislav Rabinovich
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 200, 104447
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14017
The Recovery from the Great Recession: A Long, Evolving Expansion
Jay C. Shambaugh, Michael R. Strain
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13886
Federal Unemployment Reinsurance and Local Labor-Market Policies
Marek Ignaszak, Philip Jung, Keith Kuester
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13568
Demand or Supply? Price Adjustment during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Almut Balleer, Sebastian Link, Manuel Menkhoff, Peter Zorn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13457
Sudden Stop: When Did Firms Anticipate the Potential Consequences of COVID-19?
Lukas Buchheim, Carla Krolage, Sebastian Link
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13389
Optimal Unemployment Benefits in the Pandemic
Kurt Mitman, Stanislav Rabinovich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13249
Social Stability Challenged: Pandemics, Inequality and Policy Responses
Cristiano Perugini, Marko Vladisavljević
published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2021, 43 (1), 146-160
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12871
Public Employment Redux
Pietro Garibaldi, Pedro Maia Gomes, Thepthida Sopraseuth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12702
You’re the One That I Want! Public Employment and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes
Pedro Maia Gomes, Zoë Kuehn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12561
Institutional Responses to Aging Populations and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Approach
Patrick M. Emerson, Shawn D. Knabb, Anca-Ioana Sirbu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12492
Government Deficit Shocks and Okun's Coefficient Volatility: New Insights on the Austerity versus Growth Debate
Binh Thai Pham, Hector Sala
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12260
Hartz IV and the Decline of German Unemployment: A Macroeconomic Evaluation
Brigitte Hochmuth, Britta Kohlbrecher, Christian Merkl, Hermann Gartner
published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 127, 2021, 104114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12221
NDC: The Generic Old-Age Pension Scheme
Marek Góra, Edward Palmer
forthcoming as a chapter in: "Progress and Challenges of Nonfinancial Defined Pension"
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11995
Pareto-Improving Structural Reforms
Gilles Saint-Paul
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11858
The German Labor Market during the Great Recession: Shocks and Institutions
Britta Gehrke, Wolfgang Lechthaler, Christian Merkl
published in: Economic Modelling, 2019, 78, 192-208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11824
Long-Term Changes in Married Couples' Labor Supply and Taxes: Evidence from the US and Europe since the 1980s
Alexander Bick, Bettina Brüggemann, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Hannah Paule-Paludkiewicz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11676
The Impact of Government Spending on GDP in a Remitting Country
Almukhtar Al-Abri, Ismail H. Genc, George S Naufal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11600
Optimal Fiscal Policy with Labor Selection
Sanjay K. Chugh, Wolfgang Lechthaler, Christian Merkl
published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2018, 94, 142-189
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11598
Estimating the Impacts of Payroll Taxes: Evidence from Canadian Employer-Employee Tax Data
Jonathan Deslauriers, Benoit Dostie, Robert Gagné, Jonathan Paré
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2021, 54 (4), 1609-1637.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11582
The Unemployment Impact of Product and Labour Market Regulation: Evidence from European Countries
Céline Piton, Francois Rycx
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2019, 9 (2), 1-32
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11472
Counteracting Unemployment in Crises: Non-Linear Effects of Short-Time Work Policy
Britta Gehrke, Brigitte Hochmuth
published in: The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2021, 123(1), 144-183
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11159
Structural Reforms, Growth and Inequality: An Overview of Theory, Measurement and Evidence
Nauro F. Campos, Paul De Grauwe, Yuemei Ji
published in N. Campos, P. De Grauwe and Y. Ji (eds.), The Political Economy of Structural Reforms in Europe, Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 1-44.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11091
Heterogeneity and the Public Sector Wage Policy
Pedro Maia Gomes
published in: International Economic Review, 2018, 59 (3), 1469 -1489
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11002
Taxes and Market Hours: The Role of Gender and Skill
Robert Duval Hernández, Lei Fang, L. Rachel Ngai
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10978
Should the Rich Be Taxed More? The Fiscal Inequality Coefficient
John Hatgioannides, Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala
published in: Journal of Economic Issues, 2019, 53 (3), 881-889.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10632
Welfare: Savings not Taxation
Roger Douglas, Robert MacCulloch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10504
Taxation and Labor Supply of Married Couples across Countries: A Macroeconomic Analysis
Alexander Bick, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10466
Fiscal Policy and Occupational Employment Dynamics
Christian Bredemeier, Falko Juessen, Roland Winkler
published in: Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 2020, 52 (5), 1527-1563
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10439
Unemployment Insurance Generosity and Aggregate Employment
Christopher Boone, Arindrajit Dube, Lucas Goodman, Ethan Kaplan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9965
Public Wages, Public Employment, and Business Cycle Volatility: Evidence from U.S. Metro Areas
Claire A. Boeing-Reicher, Vincenzo Caponi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9964
Co-movements between Public and Private Wages in the EU: Which Factors Play a Role?
Benedicta Marzinotto, Alessandro Turrini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9787
Structural Reform in Germany
Tom Krebs, Martin Scheffel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9721
Public Expenditure, Demography and Growth: Theory and Evidence from India
Pranab Kumar Das, Saibal Kar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9587
Collective Bargaining Systems and Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Flexibility: The Quest for Appropriate Institutional Forms in Advanced Economies
John T. Addison
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2016, 5: 19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9427
Trend-Spotting in the Housing Market
Nikos Askitas
published in: Cityscape - A Journal of Policy Development and Research, 2016, 18 (3), 185-198, Article
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9230
Completing the Monetary Union of Europe as Mid-term Solution of the Euro Crisis
Justina A.V. Fischer, Francesco Pastore
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9219
What Measure of Inflation Should a Developing Country Central Bank Target?
Rahul Anand, Eswar Prasad, Boyang Zhang
published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2015, 74, 102-116
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8993
Fiscal Policy, Interest Rate Spreads, and the Zero Lower Bound
Christian Bredemeier, Falko Juessen, Andreas Schabert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8921
The European Youth Guarantee: Labor Market Context, Conditions and Opportunities in Italy
Francesco Pastore
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2015, 4:11
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8844
The Impact of Immigrants on Public Finances: A Forecast Analysis for Denmark
Marianne Frank Hansen, Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen, Torben Tranæs
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 30 (3), 925-952
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8335
Heterogeneity and Government Revenues: Higher Taxes at the Top?
Nezih Guner, Martin Lopez-Daneri, Gustavo Ventura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8303
Childcare Subsidies and Household Labor Supply
Nezih Guner, Remzi Kaygusuz, Gustavo Ventura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8294
Recovery Performance of Primary Agriculture Credit Societies in India: An Assessment
Rabin Mazumder, Chandrasekhar Chakravarty, Amit Kumar Bhandari
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8119
A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth
Almas Heshmati, Jungsuk Kim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8002
On the Relationship between Public and Private Investment in the Euro Area
Christian Dreger, Hans-Eggert Reimers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7978
Market vs. Residence Principle: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of a Financial Transaction Tax
Jürgen Huber, Michael Kirchler, Daniel Kleinlercher, Matthias Sutter
published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127, F610-631
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7777
Distributional Effects of Macroeconomic Policy Choices in Emerging Market Economies
Eswar Prasad
published in: IMF Economic Review, 2014, 62 (3), 409-429
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7505
Australia: The Miracle Economy
Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7475
Does Short-Time Work Save Jobs? A Business Cycle Analysis
Almut Balleer, Britta Gehrke, Wolfgang Lechthaler, Christian Merkl
published in: European Economic Review, 2016, 84, 99–122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7413
Worker Identity, Employment Fluctuations and Stabilization Policy
Dennis J. Snower, Wolfgang Lechthaler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7234
Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy
Richard A. Easterlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7120
Economic Science and Political Influence
Gilles Saint-Paul
Journal of the European Economic Association, 11, 5, 1004-1031
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7102
Experimental Labor Markets and Policy Considerations: Incomplete Contracts and Macroeconomic Aspects
Fortuna Casoria, Arno Riedl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6876
Can Taxes Stabilize the Economy in the Presence of Consumption Externalities?
Teresa Lloyd-Braga, Leonor Modesto
published in K. Nishimura et al. (eds.), Sunspots and Non-Linear Dynamics, Studies in Economic Theory 31, Springer 2017.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6775
Monetary Commitment and Structural Reforms: A Dynamic Panel Analysis for Transition Economies
Ansgar H. Belke, Lukas Vogel
published in: International Economics and Economic Policy, 2015, 12 (3), 375-392
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6624
Optimal Fiscal Devaluation
François Langot, Lise Patureau, Thepthida Sopraseuth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6618
Counterfactual Analysis in Macroeconometrics: An Empirical Investigation into the Effects of Quantitative Easing
M. Hashem Pesaran, Ron P. Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6251
Warrant Economics, Call-Put Policy Options and the Fallacies of Economic Theory
John Hatgioannides, Marika Karanassou
forthcoming as 'Warrant Economics, Call-Put Policy Options, and the Great Recession' in: Review of Political Economy, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6188
Demographic Divide and Labor Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
Mehmet S. Tosun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6079
Studying the NAIRU and its Implications
Vasiliki Bozani, Nick Drydakis
published in: Amine S. (Ed) Labor Markets: Dynamics, Trends and Economic Impact, Nova, New York, 2011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5962
Taxing Women: A Macroeconomic Analysis
Nezih Guner, Remzi Kaygusuz, Gustavo Ventura
published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 2012, 59 (5), 111–128.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5895
Detecting Mortgage Delinquencies
Nikos Askitas, Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5683
Europe Agreements and Trade Balance: Evidence form Four New EU Members
Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Christophe Rault, Robert Sova, Anamaria Sova
published in: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development,Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 21(6), pages 839-863, January 2012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5651
A Call for Comparative Research: Consequences of a Rising Income Inequality for State Activities
Renate Neubäumer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5570
Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle
Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (3), 281-287
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5549
Income Taxation of U.S. Households: Basic Facts
Nezih Guner, Remzi Kaygusuz, Gustavo Ventura
published in Review of Economic Dynamics, 2014, 17(4), 559–581
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5322
Interactions between Private and Public Sector Wages
António Afonso, Pedro Maia Gomes
published in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2014, 39, 97-112.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5321
Fiscal Policy and the Labour Market: The Effects of Public Sector Employment and Wages
Pedro Maia Gomes
published as 'Optimal public sector wages' in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (587), 1425-1451.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5137
Optimal Price Indices for Targeting Inflation under Incomplete Markets
Rahul Anand, Eswar Prasad
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5082
Assessing the Impact of Incomes Policy: The Italian Experience
Francesco Pastore
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2010, 31 (7), 793-817
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4934
The Great Recession of 2008-2009: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses
Sher Verick, Iyanatul Islam
published in: Iyanatul Islam and Sher Verick (eds.), From the Great Recession to Labour Market Recovery: Issues, Evidence and Policy Options, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; ILO/Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4917
Automatic Stabilizers, Economic Crisis and Income Distribution in Europe
Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 32, 227-256
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4849
Fiscal Multipliers and the Labour Market in the Open Economy
Ester Faia, Wolfgang Lechthaler, Christian Merkl
revised version published as 'Fiscal Stimulus and the Labor Market Policies in Europe' in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (3), 483–499
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4574
The Impact of Local Decentralization on Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Counties
George W. Hammond, Mehmet S. Tosun
published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2010, 20 (10), 1-18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4365
Growing Up in a Recession: Beliefs and the Macroeconomy
Paola Giuliano, Antonio Spilimbergo
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2014, 81 (2), 787-817
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4310
Automatic Stabilizers and Economic Crisis: US vs. Europe
Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96 (3-4), 279-294; also available as NBER Working Paper 16275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4228
Global Reform of Personal Income Taxation, 1981-2005: Evidence from 189 Countries
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Steve Buttrick, Denvil Duncan
published in: National Tax Journal, 2010, 63 (3), 447-478
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4166
Global Aging and Fiscal Policy with International Labor Mobility: A Political Economy Perspective
Mehmet S. Tosun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4032
Democracy and Reforms
Paola Giuliano, Prachi Mishra, Antonio Spilimbergo
published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2013, 5(4), 179-204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3782
On the Bilateral Trade Effects of Free Trade Agreements between the EU-15 and the CEEC-4 Countries
Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Christophe Rault, Anamaria Sova, Robert Sova
published in: Review of World Economics, 2009, 145 (2), 189-206
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3461
Macroeconomic Policy and Unemployment by Economic Activity: Evidence from Turkey
Hakan Berument, Nukhet Dogan, Aysit Tansel
published in: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2009, 45(3), 21-34
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3318
Taxation, Aggregates and the Household
Nezih Guner, Remzi Kaygusuz, Gustavo Ventura
published as 'Taxation and Household Labor Supply' in: Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79 (3), 1113-1149.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2998
Turning a Blind Eye: Costly Enforcement, Credible Commitment and Minimum Wage Laws
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Ravi Kanbur
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (543), 244 - 269
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2900
The Evolution of Inflation and Unemployment: Explaining the Roaring Nineties
Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala, Dennis J. Snower
published in: Australian Economic Papers, 2008, 47 (4), 334-354
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2858
Where Has All the Money Gone? Foreign Aid and the Quest for Growth
Santanu Chatterjee, Paola Giuliano, Ilker Kaya
published as 'Where Has All the Money Gone? Foreign Aid and the Composition of Government Spending' in: B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2012, 12 (1), Article 26
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2769
The Role of Association Agreements within European Union Enlargement to Central and Eastern European Countries
Christophe Rault, Robert Sova, Anamaria Sova
published in: Aussenwirtschaft : Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen /Swiss Review of International Economic Relations, 2008, Issue III
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