Project

Budgetary challenges, employment and growth in OECD countries.

Code
3F001311
Looptijd
01-10-2011 → 30-09-2015
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Applied economics
    • Economic history
    • Macroeconomics and monetary economics
    • Microeconomics
    • Tourism
Trefwoorden
begrotingsbeleid pensioenhervorming groei werkgelegenheid
 
Projectomschrijving

This project investigates the linkages between fiscal policy (i.e. the level and structure of taxes and government expenditures), pension systems, employment by age, and economic growth within one coherent framework. We study the effectiveness and welfare effects of various policies to bring down government debt, and to raise employment (mainly of older workers), education of the young, and growth. Our main methodology is to construct, solve and simulate dynamic general equilibrium OLG models.