Countercyclical Fiscal Policy and Gender Employment : Evidence from the G-7 Countries /

Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We give an answer to this question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 countries. Using the local projection method, we find that, durin...

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Autore principale: Akitoby, Bernardin
Altri autori: Honda, Jiro, Miyamoto, Hiroaki
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/004
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF