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Diasporas and conflict
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016
We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544003
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Small state regional cooperation, South-South and South-North migration, and international trade
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2010
This paper provides a different basis than previous analyses for regional bloc formation and regional migration. Due to low bargaining power and fixed costs, small states face a severe disadvantage in negotiations with the rest of the world and might benefit by forming a regional bloc. The study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962846
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this …" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social implications. Next I evaluate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283184
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Migration policy, African population growth and global inequality
Mountford, Andrew; Rapoport, Hillel - 2014
will be due to population growth in Africa. Given this, any policy that influences African demography will have a … fertility and education decisions, and hence, population growth in Africa. We present the results from different scenarios for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010382705
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Borderline disorder: (de facto) historical ethnic borders and contemporary conflict in Africa
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2020
We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294782
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Migration, innovation, and growth: an African story?
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Tani, Massimiliano - 2019
, and innovation in Africa. Using data from 34 African countries over the period 2011-2016 sourced from the World Bank …, and trade. Short-term labour mobility thus emerges in Africa, too, as a prospective policy lever to generate new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012062284
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The granary in flames : linking Russia's war in Ukraine with food insecurity and migration in Africa
Kalantaryan, Sona; McMahon, Simon - Europäische Kommission / Gemeinsame Forschungsstelle - 2022
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Demographic and economic pressure on emigration out of Africa
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2001
prominent in Africa today, but do or can Africans respond to them with the same elasticity as in the days of "free" migration …? Our new estimates of net migration and labor market performance for the countries of sub-Saharan Africa suggest that …. In Africa today, economic growth has faltered, its economies have fallen further behind the highwage OECD leaders, and …
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Information provision and preferences for education spending : evidence from representative survey experiments in three countries
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2019
Do differences in citizens' policy preferences hamper international cooperation in education policy? To gain comparative evidence on public preferences for education spending, we conduct representative experiments with information treatments in Switzerland using identical survey techniques...
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The distribution of total work in the EU and US
Burda, Michael C. (contributor);  … - 2006
Using two time-diary data sets each for Germany, Italy the Netherlands and the U.S. from 1985-2003, we demonstrate that Americans work more than Europeans: 1) in the market; 2) in total (market and home production)-- there is no one-for-one tradeoff across countries in total work; 3) at unusual...
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