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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Format: | Journal |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2019.
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Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2019/004 |
Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |