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Brainy Africans to Fortress Europe : For Money or Colonial Vestiges?

Constant, Amelie - 2009

by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall …

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Hit by the Silk Road : How Wage Coordination in Europe Mitigates the China Shock

Barth, Erling - 2020

Coordination in collective wage setting can constrain potential monopoly gains to unions in non-traded-goods industries. Countries with national wage coordination can thus stabilize overall employment against fluctuations and shocks in the world economy. We test this theory by exploring...

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Can Intra-Regional Trade Act as a Global Shock Absorber in Africa?

Brixiova, Zuzana - 2015

African Community (EAC) and the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) – suggests that deeper intra-regional, and in particular …The global financial crisis and the subsequent uneven recovery have underscored the need for Africa's resilience to …-regional and intra-African trade with fast-growing economies, together with geographically diversified trade links, can strengthen …

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How Has Covid-19 Affected the Intention to Migrate Via the Backway to Europe and to a Neighboring African Country? Survey Evidence and a Salience Experiment in the Gambia

Bah, Tijan; Batista, Catia; Gubert, Flore; McKenzie, … - 2022

country with the highest pre-pandemic per-capita irregular migration rates in Africa. We use a large-scale panel survey …

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Beyond EU-US Trade Dynamics : TTIP Effects Related to Foreign Direct Investment and Innovation

Jungmittag, Andre - 2017

The international economic debate on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has focused mainly on trade induced real income gains while the FDI related and innovation induced benefits have been largely neglected, although the EU and the US are leading FDI host countries and...

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The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : The Labor Supply Impact by Gender

Viollaz, Mariana; Salazar-Saenz, Mauricio; Flabbi, Luca; … - 2022

We study the labor supply impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by gender in four Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries: Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, and Mexico. To identify the impact, we compare labor market stocks and labor market flows over four quarters for a set of balanced panel...

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Active Labour Market Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean : Evidence from a Meta Analysis

Escudero, Verónica - 2017

We present a systematic collection and assessment of impact evaluations of active labour market programmes (ALMP) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The paper delineates the strategy to compile a novel meta database and provides a narrative review of 51 studies. Based on these studies,...

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Long-Term Care in Latin America and the Caribbean? Theory and Policy Considerations

Caruso Bloeck, Martin - 2017

This paper discusses theoretical and practical issues related to long-term care (LTC) services in Latin America. Demand for these services will rise as the region undergoes a swift demographic transition from its currently young population to a rapidly aging one, especially since the region's...

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A Snapshot on the Quality of Seven Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Leer, Jane - 2016

Although there is ample support for the causal link between home visit parenting programs and child development outcomes, few studies have explored what it is that drives this relationship – to what extent home visit programs are implemented as designed in terms of the content and strategies...

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Urban Transport Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean : Challenges and Lessons Learned

Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2018

This paper discusses the transportation challenges that urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean face and reviews the causal evidence on the impact brought by different urban transport system interventions implemented around the world. The objective is to highlight the main lessons learned...

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