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Argentina »
Source: Argentina : Macroeconomic Crisis and Household Vulnerability
Volume/Issue: 2003/89
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Gabriela Inchauste , Ana Corbacho , and Mercedes Garcia-Escribano
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 2003
ISBN: 9781451851304
Keywords: macroeconomic crisis, household welfare, unemployment, employment, unemployed, unemployment insurance, unemployment rates, National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs, General Welfare,
Using urban household surveys, we constructed a panel dataset to study the effects of the Argentine macroeconomic crisis of 1999-2002 with the aim of (1) identifying the most vulnerable households, (2) investigatin...
The Insurance Role of Social Security »
Source: The Insurance Role of Social Security : Theory and Lessons for Policy Reform
Volume/Issue: 1997/113
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Victor Valdivia
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1997
ISBN: 9781451944174
Keywords: Public Finance, Computable General Equilibrium, welfare gains, wealth distribution, welfare impact, social security system
This paper examines the impact of social security on welfare. The provision of social security reduces precautionary savings and encourages early retirement. Consequently, it lowers aggregate capital, employment, o...
Lucas vs. Lucas »
Source: Lucas vs. Lucas : On Inequality and Growth
Volume/Issue: 2007/17
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Juan Carlos Cordoba , and Genevieve Verdier
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2007
ISBN: 9781451865813
Keywords: Welfare costs, inequality, social welfare, country inequality, welfare function, welfare measures, Distribution, General Aggregative Models, Consumption, Saving
Lucas (2004) asserts that "Of the tendencies that are harmful to sound economics, the most seductive, and in my opinion the most poisonous, is to focus on questions of distribution... The potential for improving th...
Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS »
Source: Welfare Implications of HIV/AIDS
Volume/Issue: 2003/118
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Markus Haacker , and N. Crafts
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2003
ISBN: 9781451854107
Keywords: HIV/AIDS, value of statistical life, life expectancy, mortality rates, hiv, prevalence rate, Health: General, Welfare and Poverty: General, General Welfare, Economic Development: General,
The paper evaluates the impact of HIV/AIDS on welfare in several countries affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Unlike studies focusing on the impact of HIV/AIDS on GDP per capita, we evaluate the impact of increased...
A New Tool for Distributional Incidence Analysis »
Source: A New Tool for Distributional Incidence Analysis : An Application to Fuel Subsidy Reform
Volume: 16
Series: Technical Notes and Manuals
Author(s): Stefania Fabrizio , Alexei Goumilevski , and Kangni Kpodar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 October 2016
ISBN: 9781475546743
Keywords: Fuel subsidies; welfare impact; incidence analysis; income distribution; input-output analysis, General, Input-Output Analysis, General
Increased focus on income inequality and distributional issues has made incidence analysis a crucial input into policy decisions. This note presents the theoretical framework used to conduct incidence analysis of f...
Are there Negative Returns to Aid? a Comment »
Source: Are there Negative Returns to Aid? a Comment
Volume/Issue: 2004/212
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Mwanza Nkusu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2004
ISBN: 9781451874921
Keywords: and poverty, calibration, paper, equation, nonlinearity, Welfare and Poverty: General, Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General,
Amid controversies surrounding aid effectiveness, an increasing number of empirical studies find support for the idea that aid can spur growth and that the aid-growth relationship is nonlinear. Lensink and White pr...
Ukraine Gas Pricing Policy »
Source: Ukraine Gas Pricing Policy : Distributional Consequences of Tariff Increases
Volume/Issue: 2012/247
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Pritha Mitra , and Ruben Atoyan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 October 2012
ISBN: 9781475512878
Keywords: government expenditure and related policies, welfare, social assistance, gas consumption, gas demand, gas imports, gas pricing policy, welfare., General,
Ukraine's gas pricing policy subsidizes gas and heating for all households. As the cost of imported gas rises, this policy increasingly weighs on government finances, sustains energy over-consumption, dampens inves...
International Trade and Poverty Alleviation1 »
Source: International Trade and Poverty Alleviation
Volume/Issue: 2001/54
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Geoffrey Bannister
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2001
ISBN: 9781451847512
Keywords: trade reform, effects of trade liberalization, trade reforms, Welfare and Poverty: General,
Empirical studies suggest that trade reform has a positive effect on employment and income for the poor; however, there are winners and losers. If the transitional costs of trade liberalization fall disproportionat...
Welfare Cost of (Low) Inflation »
Source: Welfare Cost of (Low) Inflation : A General Equilibrium Perspective
Volume/Issue: 1998/111
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Howell Zee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 1998
ISBN: 9781451853445
Keywords: taxation, welfare, general equilibrium, money stock, real money, money balances, money demand
This paper provides general equilibrium estimates of the steady-state welfare gains of lowering inflation from a low level to close to price stability, using an overlapping-generations growth model. Money demand is...
Is China Over-Investing and Does it Matter? »
Source: Is China Over-Investing and Does it Matter?
Volume/Issue: 2012/277
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Il Houng Lee , Murtaza Syed , and Liu Xueyan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 November 2012
ISBN: 9781475562675
Keywords: Social Welfare, Intertemporal Consumer Choice, cost of capital, gdp growth, real gdp, economic growth, General,
Now close to 50 percent of GDP, this paper assesses the appropriateness of China's current investment levels. It finds that China's capital-to-output ratio is within the range of other emerging markets, but its eco...