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model, calibrated to data for Africa, Latin America and developing Asia, reflects relatively well capital account policies …
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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 …
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they become leaders. -- FDI ; leaders' educational level ; return migration ; Africa …
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or process and carry out an empirical analysis with a focus on Africa using firm-level data from the World Bank … and foster innovation. The probability of innovation as a result of short-term mobility is 0.4 higher in Africa overall … - especially in East Africa - vis-à-vis the rest of the world, and strongest in the case of innovation in products and services …
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by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall … European ex-colonial powers. -- Skilled migration ; Africa ; colonization ; networks ; economic reasons …
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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 …
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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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This paper aims to provide the first evidence concerning the relationship between time and risk preferences and illegal migration in an African context. Based upon our theoretical model and using a unique data set on potential migrants collected in urban Senegal, we evaluate a measure of time...
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