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  Working Paper No. 1011

  The Dynamics of Monthly Changes in US Swap Yields

  John Maynard Keynes (1930) asserted that the central bank sways the long-term interest rate through the influence of its policy rate on the short-term interest rate. Recent empirical research shows that Keynes's conjecture holds for long-term Treasury yields in the United States. This paper investigates whether Keynes's conjecture also holds for the monthly changes in […]
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  Working Paper No. 1010

  Reflections on Angela Merkel’s Career as Chancellor of Germany and the Greek Financial Odyssey

  Angela Merkel is the second-longest-serving chancellor of modern Germany, with more than 16 years in office. During her tenure there were many years of economic stability, but there were also years of domestic, EU, and geopolitical tensions. Merkel inherited an economy that was recovering after the launching of probusiness policies known as the Hartz I […]
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  Strategic Analysis

  Avoiding a Recession

  In this report, Institute President Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Research Scholar Michalis Nikiforos, and Senior Scholar Gennaro Zezza analyze how and why the US economy has achieved a swift recovery in comparison with the last few economic cycles. This recovery has nevertheless been accompanied by significant increases in the trade deficit and inflation. Papadimitriou, Nikiforos, and […]
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  Working Paper No. 1009

  Efficacy of Public Financial Management in Reducing Crime against Children

  Public financial management (PFM) has a significant role in linking resources to results by financing human development outcomes. When economic stimulus packages are short run in nature, thematic PFM, such as child budgeting, has a crucial role in reducing crime against children. Using fixed effects models, we explore the determinants of reduced crime against children. […]
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  Policy Notes No. 4

  Social State and Competitiveness

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  Policy Notes No. 4

  Κοινωνικό κράτος και ανταγωνιστικότητα

  Με τη δημοσίευση το 1971 της Θεωρίας της δικαιοσύνης του Rawls μας προσφέρεται μια πλήρως επεξεργασμένη πρόταση για τη δίκαιη κοινωνία και τους βασικούς θεσμούς της. Η κοινωνία αυτή είναι μια δημοκρατική κοινωνία που διέπεται από τη δικαιοσύνη ως ακριβοδικία, δηλαδή μια κοινωνία όπου όλοι οι πολίτες θα απολαμβάνουν συμβατά μεταξύ τους δικαιώματα και ελευθερίες, […]
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  Senior Scholar Ajit Zacharias discusses how the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) highlights aspects of inequality and wellbeing that are neglected by conventional measures.

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  Senior Scholar Ajit Zacharias discusses how the LIMEW highlights aspects of inequality and wellbeing that are neglected by conventional measures.

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  Research Project Report

  Assessing the Impact of Childcare Expansion in Mexico

  There is broad consensus in both research and policy circles that one of the key reasons for a lack of progress in reducing gender gaps in employment and wages is the persistent gender imbalance in unpaid work, three-quarters of which is performed by women. Universal access to quality care services enables the reduction of this […]
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  Working Paper No. 1008

  A GARCH Approach to Modeling Chilean Long-Term Swap Yields

  This paper econometrically models the dynamics of the Chilean interbank swap yields based on macroeconomic factors. It examines whether the month-over-month change in the short-term interest rate has a decisive influence on the long-term swap yield after controlling for other factors, such as the change in inflation, change in the growth of industrial production, change […]
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  Working Paper No. 1007

  School Performance and Child Labor

  The current study aims to investigate the impact of academic achievement on child labor. The study utilizes survey data collected from Palestinian children in West Bank schools who are in the primary grades (5th–9th). The results show that increasing a child’s academic achievement is significantly associated with decreasing the probability that a child works for […]
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  Policy Notes No. 3

  Chile: The Road to Joy Is Paved with Obstacles

  In the second round of the Chilean presidential elections, the coalition led by Gabriel Boric secured a victory under the premise of delivering long-awaited reforms to a financially volatile, structurally fragile, and deeply unequal economic structure. In this policy note, Giuliano Toshiro Yajima sheds light on these three aspects of the Chilean economy, showing that […]