This article uses high-frequency exchange rate data for a group of 13 Latin American countries in order to analyse volatility co-movements. Particular interest is posed on understanding the existence of a common volatility process during the 1995-2008 period. The analysis relies on bivariate...

This paper explores the impact of refugee return on social cohesion using data from Burundi, a country that experienced high levels of repatriation during the 2000s. It uses a nationwide survey conducted in 2015 and relies on geographic features of the communities for identification purposes....

This issue of the Hispanic Economic Outlook includes three articles: Hispanic Economic Employment Conditions by Marie Mora, Hispanic homeowners and worries about housing by Mark Hugo Lopez, the current state of workers' remittances by Isabel Ruiz and Carlos Vargas

We merged the Survey of New Refugees (SNR) with the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS) to compare the labour market outcomes of refugees in the UK with those of other migrants. We compare new refugees with a full sample of LFS migrants and with a sample of recent LFS migrants. Controlling for relevant...

During the 1990s the northwestern region of Tanzania experienced a large inflow of refugees. Using panel data (pre and post refugee inflow) we estimate the labor market consequences of hosting those refugees. Results are consistent with immigration affecting the allocation of natives across...

This issue of the Hispanic Economic Outlook contains three articles:- Hispanic Employment Conditions by Marie Mora- Recession, return migration and remittances by Isabel Ruiz and Carlos Vargas-Silva- Hispanic self employment versus paid emplyment in the 2000s by Alberto Davila

The study of international integration of equity markets has received a great deal of interest. This paper investigates whether returns of 41 closed-end country funds share a common volatility process with three comparable return-series: the underlying net asset value (NAV), the U.S., and the...

The effects of the current global economic crisis are widespread. The economic downturn has affected large sectors of the population in developed and developing countries and international immigrants have not been the exception. This paper documents the recent slowdown in workers' remittances,...

This issue of the Hispanic Economic Outlooks contains the following articles: - Hispanic Employment Conditions - Recession, Return Migration, and Remittances- Hispanic Self Employment versus Paid Employment in the 2000sFormed in early 2009, the Hispanic Economic Outlook was designed to monitor...