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The Quality of Governance : Second-Generation Civil Service Reform in Africa
International Monetary Fund - 1998
in response to compression of wages. The paper develops a simple theoretical framework to discuss these issues and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401612
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Emigration of Skilled Labor under Risk Aversion: The Case of Medical Doctors from Middle Eastern and North African Economies
Driouchi, Ahmed; Kadiri, Molk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
capital that remains in the source country. The effects of relative wages in the destination and sending countries besides the … relative wages besides the level of education and the attitude toward risk as determinants of the emigration of skilled labor … economy with the increase of health demand, the domestic wages and the increase in education capacity for medical doctors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008595632
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Analyzing Fiscal Space Using the Mams Model; An Application to Burkina Faso
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This paper analyses economic implications and the transmission mechanisms of different options for creating and using fiscal space. For creating fiscal space, we consider prioritizing expenditures, raising revenue, and scaled-up aid. Fiscal space is used for increasing health and education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540936
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An Analysis of the Underlying Causes of the Poor Performance of Recent Immigrants Using the 2006 Census PUMF and Some Observations on Their Implications for Immigration Policy
Grady, Patrick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper examines the poor performance of recent immigrants to Canada in the labour market as revealed in the Statistics Canada Census 2006 Public Use Microdata File (PUMF). It presents the data which shows that immigrants from less developed countries are doing much worse than immigrants from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008532162
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An analysis of the poor performance of recent immigrants and observations on immigration policy
Grady, Patrick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines the poor performance of recent immigrants to Canada in the labour market as revealed in the Statistics Canada Census 2006 Public Use Microdata File (PUMF). It presents the data which shows that immigrants from less developed countries are doing much worse than immigrants from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009132745
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How are the Children of Visible Minority Immigrants Doing in the Canadian Labour Market?
Grady, Patrick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines the performance of the children of immigrants (2nd generation immigrants) to Canada using data from the 2006 Census. As the composition of immigration inflows has shifted after 1980 from the traditional European source countries to the Third World, the analysis focuses on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833277
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Conservative Immigration Policy Reform Has Not Yet Produced Any Significant Improvement in the Aggregate Labour Market Performance of Recent Immigrants
Grady, Patrick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines the performance of recent immigrants to Canada in the labour market as revealed in the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB), which is an administrative database constructed by Statistics Canada by combining an administrative landing file from Citizenship and Immigration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109516
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Immigration, Trade and Wages in Germany
Yaya, Mehmet-Erdem - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
regressions, trying to capture the effect of these variables on the real wages and salaries in Germany while considering the … emigration on the real wages and salaries of German laborers. Annual data for 49 years has been used to estimate twelve different … unification of West-East Germany with a dummy variable. The results are intriguing, and contradicting with most of the earlier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619638
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Mexico; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note: The Pension Annuity Market
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper presents a technical note on Mexico’s Financial Sector Assessment Program update. The Mexican experience displays interesting characteristics that provide lessons for other countries that still need to design the decumulation phase of their newly established second pillars. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244170
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Tonga; 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that Tonga’s real GDP growth is estimated to turn negative in FY06/07, declining by 3½ percent. The economy will continue to be subject to uncertainty and shocks. While economic growth should return to positive, albeit low, levels in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244772