Self-defeating austerity? Assessing the impact of a fiscal consolidation on unemployment
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Keywords
Austerity; fiscal consolidation; input–output analysis; Portugal; self-defeating austerity; unemployment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C67 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Input-Output Models
- E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
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