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Working Paper No. 152
December 01, 1995
Reforming Unemployment Insurance
AbstractIn this working paper Resident Research Associate Oren M. Levin-Waldman builds on earlier work (see Working Paper No. 140) to argue that the unemployment insurance (UI) system is in need of reform. At a minimum, Levin-Waldman states, the system “needs to be tightened in such a way that it results in fewer layoffs.” In addition, […]
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Working Paper No. 151
December 01, 1995
The Working Poor and Welfare Recipiency
AbstractMany participants in the current welfare debate assume that welfare recipients are taking unfair advantage of government programs by avoiding work. However, a growing body of research indicates that this assumption is untrue. In this working paper, Resident Scholar Marlene Kim and Thanos Mergoupis, of the Department of Economics at Rutgers University, show that many […]
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Working Paper No. 150
December 01, 1995
Proposals for Changing the Functions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
AbstractThe 50th anniversary of the signing of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank was celebrated at meetings in Washington, DC: at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire; and at the Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors of the two institutions held in Madrid. The many addresses at the […]
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Working Paper No. 149
December 01, 1995
Biennial Budgeting for the Federal Government
AbstractA two-year budget and appropriations cycle at the federal level has been endorsed by Republicans and Democrats during the past 20 years. The first congressional proposal for a federal biennial budget appeared in the late 1970s, and several others have since been submitted. There are two dominant models for a biennial budget: the stretch model, […]
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Book Series
December 01, 1995
Income and Employment in Theory and Practice
AbstractThe essays in this volume were written by colleagues and friends of the late Athanasios (Tom) Asimakopulos. They relate to those areas to which he contributed so much in his teaching and his writings. Most of the essays are concerned with interpretations and extensions, both theoretical and empirical, of the work of Keynes, Kalecki, and […]
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Working Paper No. 153
December 01, 1995
Technology and the Demand for Skills
AbstractIn this working paper Research Associate Edward N. Wolff documents changes during the period 1950–90 in aggregate skill levels of the workplace. Wolff investigates skill trends at the sectoral level, paying special attention to changes in skill requirements in service and goods-producing sectors, and examines the role of technological change in changing the demand for […]
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Working Paper No. 148
November 01, 1995
Does an Independent Central Bank Violate Democracy?
AbstractThe question of central bank independence is one of degree. A completely independent central bank is impossible as long as a country has provisions for altering central bank powers, even if that requires constitutional amendments. On the other hand, any central bank has at least some discretion in monetary policy unless it is either in […]
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Working Paper No. 147
October 01, 1995
Capital Gains Tax Cuts, Investment, and Growth
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Public Policy Brief No. 23
September 20, 1995
A Critical Imbalance in US Trade
AbstractAccording to Wynne Godley, the significance of the deficit in the United States’ balance of payments has been underestimated in both public policy and academic discussions, despite the fact that American markets are increasingly dominated by foreign manufacturers. Godley analyzes the problem posed by the current balance of payments deficit. Breaking down the current account […]
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Public Policy Brief No. 22
September 19, 1995
Closing the R&D Gap
AbstractBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Thomas Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures […]
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Working Paper No. 146
September 01, 1995
The Stock Market and the Corporate Sector
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Working Paper No. 145
August 01, 1995
Financial Derivatives
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Working Paper No. 144
July 01, 1995
The Distributional Effects of Disinflationary Monetary Policy
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Working Paper No. 143
June 01, 1995
The Productivity Effects of Human Resource Management Practices
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Public Policy Brief No. 21
May 09, 1995
The Consolidated Assistance Program
AbstractIn this brief, Oren M. Levin-Waldman examines the structure of existing welfare programs and concludes that the current array of benefits could be synchronized and consolidated to create a new system that would provide economic incentives to work. He suggests combining elements of the earned income tax credit (EITC) and current welfare programs into one […]
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Working Paper No. 141
May 01, 1995
Financial Innovation and Risk Management
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Working Paper No. 140
May 01, 1995
The Deficiencies of the Unemployment Insurance System
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Working Paper No. 142
May 01, 1995
Industrial Change and Social Mobility
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Public Policy Brief No. 20
April 08, 1995
Assessing the Constitutional Route to Federal Budget Balance
AbstractCharles J. Whalen evaluates the political and economic arguments in favor of a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget and concludes that, although today’s federal budget process needs reform, the balanced budget amendment is not a solution. In fact, such an amendment would divert attention from what is really needed, namely, establishing priorities and making […]
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Public Policy Brief No. 19
April 05, 1995
Cooperate to Compete
AbstractTakao Kato outlines the types of human resource management practices (HRMPs) used in Japan and the effect of these employee participation programs on employee productivity and economic competitiveness. From these findings about the effects of HRMPs on Japanese productivity, Kato draws several conclusions for the direction that American policy might take in order to raise […]
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Working Paper No. 139
April 01, 1995
On Stock Market Returns and Monetary Policy
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Working Paper No. 138
April 01, 1995
US Foreign Trade, the Budget Deficit, and Strategic Policy Problems
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Working Paper No. 137
February 01, 1995
Closing the R&D Gap
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Working Paper No. 136
February 01, 1995
Statistical Inference via Bootstrapping for Measures of Inequality
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