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• Research Project Report
  April 17, 2018

  Public Service Employment

  L. Randall Wray, Flavia Dantas, Scott Fullwiler, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, and Stephanie A. Kelton
  Abstract

  Despite reports of a healthy US labor market, millions of Americans remain unemployed and underemployed, or have simply given up looking for work. It is a problem that plagues our…more

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• Working Paper No. 902
  April 02, 2018

  The Job Guarantee

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  The job guarantee (JG) is a public option for jobs. It is a permanent, federally funded, and locally administered program that supplies voluntary employment opportunities on demand for all who…more

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• Policy Note No. 2
  March 19, 2018

  Guaranteed Jobs through a Public Service Employment Program

  Stephanie A. Kelton, L. Randall Wray, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Scott Fullwiler, and Flavia Dantas
  Abstract

  Amid a recent upsurge in support for a national job guarantee program, L. Randall Wray, Stephanie A. Kelton, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Scott Fullwiler, and Flavia Dantas outline a new proposal…more

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• Working Paper No. 895
  August 23, 2017

  Unemployment: The Silent Epidemic

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment—its propagation mechanism and socioeconomic costs. It identifies a key feature of this macroeconomic phenomenon: it behaves like a disease. A detailed assessment…more

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• One-Pager No. 53
  February 06, 2017

  Falling Labor Force Participation

  L. Randall Wray and Flavia Dantas
  Abstract

  Aging demographics, “social shifts,” and other supply-side and institutional factors have commonly been blamed for the fall in the US labor force participation rate. However, depressed labor force participation for…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 142
  February 03, 2017

  Full Employment: Are We There Yet?

  L. Randall Wray and Flavia Dantas
  Abstract

  Flavia Dantas and L. Randall Wray argue that the emerging conventional wisdom—that the US economy has reached full employment—is flawed. The unemployment rate is not providing an accurate picture of…more

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• One-Pager No. 47
  October 06, 2014

  Ανάπτυξη για ποιόν;

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  Στη μεταπολεμική περίοδο, η αύξηση του εισοδήματος έχει γίνει πιο άνισα κατανεμημένη με κάθε επακόλουθη οικονομική επέκταση. Από το 2009 μέχρι το 2012, ενώ η οικονομία ανακάμπτει από μια από…more

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• One-Pager No. 47
  October 06, 2014

  Growth for Whom?

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  In the postwar period, income growth has become more inequitably distributed with virtually every subsequent economic expansion. From 2009 to 2012, while the economy was recovering from one of the…more

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• Working Paper No. 789
  March 03, 2014

  Πλήρης Απασχόληση

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  Είναι κοινώς γνωστό ότι ο John Maynard Keynes υπήρξε ο βασικός υποστηρικτής του κρατικού παρεμβατισμού για την αντιμετώπιση της ύφεσης και της ανεργίας. Αυτό που δεν είναι ευρέως γνωστό είναι…more

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• Working Paper No. 789
  March 03, 2014

  Full Employment

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  It is common knowledge that John Maynard Keynes advocated bold government action to deal with recessions and unemployment. What is not commonly known is that modern “Keynesian policies” bear little,…more

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• Policy Note No. 1
  January 30, 2014

  The Social Enterprise Model for a Job Guarantee in the United States

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  The job guarantee is a proposal that provides greater macroeconomic stability and secures a fundamental human right. Despite the economic and moral merits of this policy, often the program is…more

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• Policy Note No. 1
  January 30, 2014

  Το υπόδειγμα της κοινωνικής επιχείρησης για εγγυημένη απασχόληση στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  Η πρόταση για εγγυημένη απασχόληση συμβάλλει στη μακροοικονομική σταθερότητα και εξασφαλίζει ένα θεμελιώδες ανθρώπινο δικαίωμα. Ωστόσο, παρά τα οικονομικά και ηθικά πλεονεκτήματα αυτής της πολιτικής, το πρόγραμμα πολύ συχνά απορρίπτεται…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 128
  April 20, 2013

  Από τα δίχτυα ασφαλείας στην οικονομική ενδυνάμωση

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  Τα προγράμματα κοινωνικής προστασίας περιλαμβάνουν δημόσιες πολιτικές που είναι σχεδιασμένες για να εμποδίσουν ή να απαλείψουν την ανασφάλεια και τη φτώχεια. Σε όλο τον αναπτυσσόμενο κόσμο, οι στρατηγικές κοινωνικής προστασίας…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 128
  April 20, 2013

  From Safety Nets to Economic Empowerment

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  Social protection systems comprise public policies designed to prevent or alleviate economic insecurity and poverty. Throughout the developing world, social protection strategies and the dialogue surrounding them have recently been…more

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• Working Paper No. 757
  March 11, 2013

  Expanding Social Protection in Developing Countries

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  This paper discusses social protection initiatives in the context of developing countries and explores the opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women’s empowerment. The paper begins with…more

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• Working Paper No. 732
  September 26, 2012

  Πέρα από την πλήρη απασχόληση

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  Τα τελευταία δεκαπέντε χρόνια, η δυνατότητα της πρότασης του εργοδότη της έσχατης προσφυγής να επιτύχει πλήρη απασχόληση και σταθερότητα τιμών έχει συζητηθεί εκτενώς στη βιβλιογραφία. Η ανησυχία, ωστόσο, για το…more

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• Working Paper No. 732
  September 26, 2012

  Beyond Full Employment

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  Over the past decade and a half the ability of the employer-of-last-resort (ELR) proposal to deliver full employment and price stability has been discussed at length in the literature. A…more

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• Working Paper No. 719
  May 09, 2012

  Reorienting Fiscal Policy after the Great Recession

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  The paper evaluates the fiscal policy initiatives during the Great Recession in the United States. It argues that, although the nonconventional fiscal policies targeted at the financial sector dwarfed the…more

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• Working Paper No. 719
  May 09, 2012

  Επαναπροσδιορίζοντας τη δημοσιονομική πολιτική μετά τη Μεγάλη Κάμψη

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  Το κείμενο αξιολογεί τις πρωτοβουλίες δημοσιονομικής πολιτικής που εφαρμόστηκαν κατά τη διάρκεια της Μεγάλης Κάμψης στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. Η συγγραφέας του θεωρεί ότι, παρά το γεγονός ότι οι μη συμβατικές…more

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• Policy Note No. 2
  March 19, 2012

  Full Employment through Social Entrepreneurship

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  The conventional approach of fiscal policy is to create jobs by boosting private investment and growth. This approach is backward, says Research Associate Pavlina R. Tcherneva. Policy must begin by…more

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• Working Paper No. 707
  February 15, 2012

  The Euro Crisis and the Job Guarantee

  L. Randall Wray
  Abstract

  Euroland is in a crisis that is slowly but surely spreading from one periphery country to another; it will eventually reach the center. The blame is mostly heaped upon supposedly…more

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• Working Paper No. 707
  February 15, 2012

  H ευρω-κρίση και η εγγυημένη απασχόληση

  L. Randall Wray
  Abstract

  H Ευρωχώρα βρίσκεται σε κρίση, που αργά αλλά σταθερά εξαπλώνεται από τη μία χώρα της περιφέρειας στην άλλη. Στο τέλος, θα φτάσει και στο κέντρο. Για την κατάσταση αυτή κατηγορούνται…more

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• Working Paper No. 706
  February 08, 2012

  Inflationary and Distributional Effects of Alternative Fiscal Policies

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  This paper augments the basic Post-Keynesian markup model to examine the effects of different fiscal policies on prices and income distribution. This is an approach à la Hyman P. Minsky,…more

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• Working Paper No. 705
  February 03, 2012

  What Do Poor Women Want? Public Employment or Cash Transfers?

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  The literature on public employment policies such as the job guarantee (JG) and the employer of last resort (ELR) often emphasizes their macroeconomic stabilization effects. But carefully designed and implemented…more

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