Measuring business cycles with business-cycle models
In: Journal of economic dynamics & control, Band 20, Heft 6-7, S. 1007-1025
ISSN: 0165-1889
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In: Journal of economic dynamics & control, Band 20, Heft 6-7, S. 1007-1025
ISSN: 0165-1889
In: The Canadian Journal of Economics, Band 28, S. S120
In: The Economic Journal, Band 105, Heft 433, S. 1597
In: The Canadian Journal of Economics, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 923
In: The Canadian Journal of Economics, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 94
In: The Canadian Journal of Economics, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 683
In: Equality, diversity and inclusion: an international journal, Band 41, Heft 5, S. 739-759
ISSN: 2040-7157
PurposeThis study explored how intermittent work capacity (IWC) presents in workplaces in order to advance conceptual understanding of this phenomenon and establish a set of initial principles to assist in its management.Design/methodology/approachThe study followed a grounded theory approach in a multi-stage data collection process. In total, 25 employers representing diverse employment sectors were recruited with a goal of exploring their experiences with IWC. The first phase of the study comprised individual interviews with all employers. A subset of these employers later participated in two focus groups organized by company size. Finally, in-depth case studies were conducted with two information rich organizations to understand their approaches to managing IWC. Analysis methods consistent with grounded theory were used.FindingsAlthough employers have a variety of positive motivations for supporting employees with IWC, they are challenged by the uncertainty arising from the unpredictable work patterns associated with IWC. Five distinct expressions of uncertainty were identified. Negotiation of this uncertainty involves attention to a range of factors, including intrapersonal factors, workplace relations and morale, specific job demands, communication processes, and structural and organizational factors.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this study advance understanding of the expression of IWC, and factors that influence its impact. This paper presents a series of workplace strategies that both enable the well-being and capabilities of employees who experience IWC, and ensure productive and diverse workplaces.Originality/valueThe findings of this study advance understanding of the expression of IWC, and factors that influence its impact. This paper presents a series of workplace strategies that both enable the well-being and capabilities of employees who experience IWC, and ensure productive and diverse workplaces.
An SVAR in US federal spending, federal revenue, and GDP is a standard setting for the study of the impact of fiscal shocks. An appealing feature of identifying a fiscal shock with an external instrument is that one can find the effects of that shock without fully identifying the SVAR. But we show that fully or almost fully instrumenting the SVAR allows one to overidentify the model by restricting the shock covariances to be zero. In this application the overidentifying restrictions are not rejected. Compared to the unrestricted case the restricted SVAR yields (a) greater precision in estimating impulse response functions and multipliers and (b) smaller estimated effects of government spending shocks on output growth.
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In: The Canadian Journal of Economics, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 1
In: The Canadian journal of economics: the journal of the Canadian Economics Association = Revue canadienne d'économique, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 981-1008
ISSN: 1540-5982
Capitation models have been suggested as an alternative to funding methods based on historical utilization patterns. Capitation funding distributes esources to regions or programs according to their population, adjusted for the age and gender composition and relative need. The most commonly used relative needs measure is the Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR). This paper compares the distribution of resources in Ontario implied by a variety of capitation formula. Another aspect of this research is to design a mechanism that translates the SMR into a funding allocation index. We specify a non‐linear model to capture the relationship between current expenditures and the SMR while controlling for historical utilization factors. In contrast to previous work, in which a linear relationship between expenditures and need was assumed, our estimates suggest that the relationship may actually be highly non‐linear. This non‐linearity ncreases transfers to regions of relative need relative to a linear capitation program. JEL Classification: I0, H51On a suggéré des modèles de financement per capita des soins de santé pour remplacer les méthodes de financement fondées sur les patterns historiques d'utilisation. Cette solution de rechange distribuerait les ressources aux régions et programmes selon la population (avec des ajustements pour tenir compte de la structure 'âges, de sexes, et de besoins relatifs). La mesure la plus commune des besoins relatifs est le taux de mortalité standardisé (TMS). Ce mémoire compare la répartition des ressources en Ontario qui découlerait de l'emploi d'une variété de formules. On tente aussi de construire un mécanisme qui traduise le TMS en un indice d'allocation des fonds. Les auteurs construisent un odèle non‐linéaire qui saisit la relation entre TMS et épenses courantes tout en normalisant pour tenir compte des facteurs historiques d'utilisation. Contrairement aux résultats des travaux antérieurs qui postulaient une relation linéaire entre épenses et besoins, les résultats de cette étude uggèrent que cette relation peut être fortement non‐linéaire, et que cette non‐linéarité tend à ccroître les transferts aux régions qui ont les besoins les plus grands.
In: Canadian public policy: Analyse de politiques, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 47
ISSN: 1911-9917
In: Canadian public policy: a journal for the discussion of social and economic policy in Canada = Analyse de politiques, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 47-64
ISSN: 0317-0861
In: Journal of Monetary Economics, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 371-399
In: The Canadian journal of economics: the journal of the Canadian Economics Association = Revue canadienne d'économique, Band 42, Heft 3, S. 1132-1149
ISSN: 1540-5982
AbstractThis paper provides a detailed empirical analysis of Canadian city housing prices. We examine the long‐run relationship between city house prices in Canada from 1985 to 2005 as well as idiosyncratic relations between city prices and city‐specific variables. The results suggest that city house prices are only weakly correlated in the long run and that there is a disconnect between house prices and interest rates. City‐specific variables such as union wage levels and the issuance of building permits tend to be positively related to existing city house prices. Surprisingly, there is mixed evidence with respect to standard measures of economic activity such as per capita GDP and interest rates.