Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1997William C. Brainard, George L. Perry Brookings Institution Press, 1 iul. 2004 - 397 pagini For almost thrity years, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) has provided academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues. Contents Include: Editors' Summary Assessing the Impact of Welfare Reform on Single Mothers Hanming Fang and Michael P. Keane Ending Africa's Poverty Trap Jeffrey D. Sachs, John W. McArthur, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Margaret Kruk, Chandrika Bahadur, Michael Faye, and Gordon McCord Demography and the Long-Run Predictability of the Stock Market John Geanakoplos, Michael McGill and Martine Quinzii Report: What Does the Public Know about Economic Policy, and HOw Does It Know It? Alan S. Blinder and Alan B. Krueger |
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Assessing the Impact of Welfare Reform on Single Mothers | 1 |
Comments and Discussion | 96 |
General discussion | 112 |
Ending Africas Poverty Trap | 117 |
Comments and Discussion | 217 |
General discussion | 230 |
Demography and the LongRun Predictability of the Stock Market | 241 |
Comments and Discussion | 308 |
General discussion | 321 |
What Does the Public Know about Economic Policy and How Does It Know It? | 327 |
Comment and Discussion | 388 |
General discussion | 393 |
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AFDC African countries agents agricultural authors average behavior benefits budget capital caseloads CCDF changes coefficient cohort consumption costs deficit demographic groups dividends donors dummy economic effects EITC equilibrium equity premium equity prices estimates factors Fang and Keane favor federal Ghana governance Grogger growth ideology important improve income increase infrastructure interest rates interventions investment joint significance limits macroeconomic malaria MDGs Medicaid middle-aged Ordered Probit p-value of joint paper PE ratio percentage points period policy variables political population poverty trap predicted Probit Model programs pyramid rate of return ratio recipients reduce regression requirements respondents risk aversion saving self-interest significance of variables single mothers Slum Upgrading Social Security Source specification stock prices sub-Saharan Africa survey TANF Tanzania tion Uganda UN Millennium Project unemployment wage welfare participation rate welfare reform women World Bank young