The arrival of unaccompanied minors in Europe had reached a peak in 2015 when almost 100.000 of them filed an application for asylum. Even if the figures have significantly dropped since then, it cannot be expected that the phenomenon will disappear. European policy makers have recognised this...

The arrival of unaccompanied minors in Europe had reached a peak in 2015 when almost 100.000 of them filed an application for asylum. Even if the figures have significantly dropped since then, it cannot be expected that the phenomenon will disappear. European policy makers have recognised this...

Europe is facing an ageing population. Life expectancy is at its highest and many European populations are experiencing major demographic changes and transition towards a much older population structure. However, despite living longer, many people suffer ill-health or disability in the last 15...

Europe is facing an ageing population. Life expectancy is at its highest and many European populations are experiencing major demographic changes and transition towards a much older population structure. However, despite living longer, many people suffer ill-health or disability in the last 15...

The main objective of this study is to show how various micro-economic direct/indirect effects (e.g. deadweight loss, leverage effects, etc.) and selected general equilibrium effects (e.g. substitution and displacement effects) of EU RD programmes can be calculated using recently developed...

The basic objective of this study is to analyze the impact of EU RD programmes on rural regions. Aggregated effects of a given RD programme at regional levels are estimated using the Rural Development Index (RDI) - a proxy describing the overall quality of life in individual rural areas. The...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MoALF) of the Kenyan government is thoroughly reviewing its Agriculture Sector Growth and Transformation Strategy (ASGTS) to update it to fit the new global dynamics of the agricultural sector. A new ASGTS and a new National Agricultural...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MoALF) of the Kenyan government is thoroughly reviewing its Agriculture Sector Growth and Transformation Strategy (ASGTS) to update it to fit the new global dynamics of the agricultural sector. A new ASGTS and a new National Agricultural...

This paper investigates the main drivers of the agricultural commodity price volatility using the GARCH-MIDAS model of Engel et al. (2013), a new class of component models that allows for isolating the low-frequency component of volatility and taking into consideration macroeconomic factors via...