Volume/Issue: 2002/68
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Phillip Swagel
,
Efraim Sadka
, and
Assaf Razin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
2002
ISBN: 9781451849004
Data for the United States and countries in Western Europe indicate a negative correlation between the dependency ratio and both labor tax rates and the generosity of social transfers, after controlling for other f...
Volume/Issue: 1997/3
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
George Kopits
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1997
ISBN: 9781451974034
Pursuant to the Treaty of Maastricht, members of the European Union (EU) intend to participate in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), in part through convergence toward specified limits on the overall deficit an...
Volume/Issue: 2005/140
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Mehmet Tosun
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
July
2005
ISBN: 9781451861594
This paper uses an overlapping generations model with international labor mobility and a politically responsive fiscal policy to examine aging in developed and developing regions. Migrant workers change the politic...
Volume/Issue: 1995/91
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Gerd Schwartz
,
Réjane Hugounenq
, and
Benedict Clements
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1995
ISBN: 9781451851489
This paper addresses the problems of defining and measuring government subsidies, examines why and how government subsidies are used as a fiscal policy tool, assesses their economic effects, appraises international...
Volume/Issue: 1999/126
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
October
1999
ISBN: 9781451829334
This 1999 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Netherlands posted a strong economic performance during the 1990s, based on sound macroeconomic policies and complementary and interlocking reforms to fiscal po...
Volume/Issue: 1997/3
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
George Kopits
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1997
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451974034.003
ISBN: 9781451974034
Pursuant to the Treaty of Maastricht, members of the European Union (EU) intend to participate in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), in part through convergence toward specified limits on the overall deficit an...
Volume/Issue: 2011/143
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
21
June
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455286645.002
ISBN: 9781455286645
Important issues of the Netherlands are discussed. Openness to trade has benefited the Netherlands before the crisis and has supported the recent recovery process. However, both financial openness and trade linkage...
Volume/Issue: 2002/123
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
June
2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451829365.002
ISBN: 9781451829365
This Selected Issues paper highlights that over the past decade, the Netherlands has undergone a remarkable fiscal adjustment, with the deficit, the tax burden, and the expenditure-to-GDP ratio falling significantl...
Volume/Issue: 1995/48
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
June
1995
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451829297.002
ISBN: 9781451829297
This paper describes economic developments in the Kingdom of the Netherlands during the 1990s. Following a slowdown in 1991-92, the Dutch economy experienced a mild recession in 1993 with GDP growth falling to abou...
Volume/Issue: 1995/49
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
June
1995
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451829396.002
ISBN: 9781451829396
This paper analyzes whether the lower increase in wages was a factor in the labor productivity and employment developments in the Netherlands. It argues that there is indeed such a link: rapid wage growth leads to...
