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68 publications found, searching for 'Job Guarantee '

• Public Policy Brief No. 120
  October 13, 2011

  Waiting for the Next Crash

  L. Randall Wray
  Abstract

  Senior Scholar L. Randall Wray lays out the numerous and critical ways in which we have failed to learn from the latest global financial crisis, and identifies the underlying trends…more

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• One-Pager No. 12
  August 11, 2011

  Δεν πρόκειται για τη συνηθισμένη ύφεση

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
  Abstract

  Ο πρόεδρος Δημήτρης Β. Παπαδημητρίου και ο Μελετητής Έρευνας Greg Hannsgen επιχειρηματολογούν ότι η οικονομική υποχώρηση έχει μετατρα̟πεί σε μια παρατεταμένη και πολύ ασυνήθιστη κάμψη της ανάπτυξης, αποτρέποντας μια ανάκαμψη…more

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• One-Pager No. 12
  August 11, 2011

  Not Your Father’s Recession

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
  Abstract

  President Dimitri B. Papadimitriou and Research Scholar Greg Hannsgen make the case that the recession has turned into a prolonged and very unusual slump in growth, preventing a labor-market recovery—and…more

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• One-Pager No. 11
  August 05, 2011

  Investing in Social Care Delivery

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  There is little mystery to explaining our current high levels of unemployment. The Bureau of Economic Analysis recently revised its figures on GDP growth, and revealed that not only was…more

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• Working Paper No. 671
  May 19, 2011

  Public Job-creation Programs: The Economic Benefits of Investing in Social Care

  Rania Antonopoulos and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  This paper demonstrates the strong impacts that public job creation in social care provisioning has on employment creation. Furthermore, it shows that mobilizing underutilized domestic labor resources and targeting them…more

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• Working Paper No. 610
  August 13, 2010

  Investing in Care

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  Massive job losses in the United States, over eight million since the onset of the “Great Recession,” call for job creation measures through fiscal expansion. In this paper we analyze…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 108
  February 01, 2010

  Why President Obama Should Care About “Care”: An Effective and Equitable Investment Strategy for Job Creation

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  In his State of the Union address President Obama acknowledged that “our most urgent task is job creation”—that a move toward full employment will lay the foundation for long-term economic…more

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• Working Paper No. 570
  July 23, 2009

  From Unpaid to Paid Care Work

  Rania Antonopoulos and Taun Toay
  Abstract

  This paper considers public employment guarantee programs in the context of South Africa as a means to address the nexus of poverty, unemployment, and unpaid work burdens—all factors exacerbated by…more

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• Policy Note
  June 16, 2009

  Special Report: Who Gains from President Obama’s Stimulus Package … And How Much?

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  In this Special Report, Levy scholars Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim provide a preliminary assessment of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a package of transfers…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 101
  June 09, 2009

  Promoting Gender Equality through Stimulus Packages and Public Job Creation

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  Beyond loss of income, joblessness is associated with greater poverty, marginalization, and social exclusion; the current global crisis is clearly not helping. In this new Public Policy Brief, Research Scholar…more

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• Working Paper No. 568
  June 04, 2009

  Distributional Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  Over the last two decades, those at the bottom of the income scale have seen their incomes stagnate, while those at the top have seen theirs skyrocket; without intervention, the…more

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• Working Paper No. 566
  May 20, 2009

  Caste and Wealth Inequality in India

  Ajit Zacharias and Vamsi Vakulabharanam
  Abstract

  In this paper, we conduct the novel exercise of analyzing the relationship between overall wealth inequality and caste divisions in India using nationally representative surveys on household wealth conducted during…more

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• Working Paper No. 562
  May 08, 2009

  The Current Economic and Financial Crisis

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  Widespread economic recessions and protracted financial crises have been documented as setting back gender equality and other development goals in the past. In the midst of the current global crisis—often…more

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• Working Paper No. 560
  April 06, 2009

  The Social and Economic Importance of Full Employment

  L. Randall Wray
  Abstract

  Unemployment was singled out by John Maynard Keynes as one of the principle faults of capitalism; the other is excessive inequality. Obviously, there is some link between these two faults:…more

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• Policy Note No. 1
  January 22, 2009

  Obama’s Job Creation Promise

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  Job creation is once again at the forefront of policy action, and for advocates of pro-employment policies, President Obama’s Keynesian bent is a most welcome change. However, there are concerns…more

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• Working Paper No. 527
  January 25, 2008

  Financing Job Guarantee Schemes by Oil Revenue

  Zahra Karimi
  Abstract

  Iran’s constitution emphasizes social justice and obliges government to provide a job for every citizen. But in fact, the government’s duty to provide jobs has shifted to government support for…more

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• Research Project Report No. 34
  January 02, 2008

  Joint Project of UNDP and Levy Institute on Public Employment

  Rania Antonopoulos and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  Joint UNDP—Levy Institute Study Focuses on Employment Guarantee Strategies The recent financial turmoil has brought with it worldwide acceptance of the fact that, when markets fail, government intervention is indispensable….more

• Working Paper No. 517
  October 23, 2007

  What Are the Relative Macroeconomic Merits and Environmental Impacts of Direct Job Creation and Basic Income Guarantees?

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  There is a body of literature that favors universal and unconditional public assurance policies over those that are targeted and means-tested. Two such proposals—the basic income proposal and job guarantees—are…more

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• Working Paper No. 516
  September 21, 2007

  The Right to a Job, the Right Types of Projects

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  There is now widespread recognition that in most countries, private-sector investment has not been able to absorb surplus labor. This is all the more the case for poor unskilled people….more

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• Working Paper No. 498
  May 09, 2007

  Employment Guarantee Programs

  Fadhel Kaboub
  Abstract

  This working paper provides a survey of the theoretical underpinnings for the various employment guarantee schemes, and discusses full employment policy experiences in the United States, Sweden, India, Argentina, and…more

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