I am a PhD student at Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam and the Tinbergen Institute. I work under the supervision of Prof. Yao Chen and Prof. Felix Ward.
Research interests: macroeconomics, fiscal and monetary policy and aging.
(First draft coming soon!)
Abstract: Using a comprehensive Euro Area regional dataset and exploiting exogenous variation in government spending, this paper finds that aging significantly enhances fiscal policy effectiveness. On average, a 10-year increase in median age raises the regional fiscal multiplier by 50%. This impact is heterogeneous and mediated by the institutional and structural context, specifically unemployment benefit generosity and the degree of nominal rigidity. Regions with low benefits or low nominal rigidity exhibit an attenuated or negative effect of aging on the fiscal multiplier.