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This paper studies the main factors that explain the low regional mobility in Spain, with a view to identifying policy options at the regional and central level to promote labor mobility. The empirical analysis finds that house prices, labor market conditions, and the pervasiveness of labor...
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Blacks in the United States have a lower geographic mobility rates than whites even though they have several characteristics that are usually associated with high rates of mobility: high unemployment, low rate of home ownership, low marriage rate and settlement in areas where unemployment is...
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This paper empirically examines the economic effects of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts using a cross-country daily database of vaccinations and high frequency indicators of economic activity—nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions, carbon monoxide (CO) emissions, and Google mobility indices—for a sample...
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This paper examines empirically the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and their effects on health outcomes. We assemble a comprehensive and novel cross-country database at a daily frequency on vaccinations and various health outcomes (new COVID-19 cases, fatalities, intensive care unit...
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Cross-border migration can act as an important adjustment mechanism to country-specific shocks. Yet, depending on who moves, it can have unintended consequences for business cycle stability. This paper argues that the skill composition of migration plays a critical role. When migration flows...
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in the analysis of monetary policy in low-income countries (LICs), with an application to Kenya. We provide a general … target misses in terms of structural shocks (aggregate demand, policy, shocks tomoney demand, etc). In the case of Kenya, we …
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for Kenya using data during 1997-2005. Based on techniques commonly used in the vector autoregression literature, the main …
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This paper reviews the impact of interest rate controls in Kenya, introduced in September 2016. The intent of the …
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instruments with longer maturities (e.g., T-bills) in Kenya since 2012, year in which the monetary policy framework switched to a …, Sweden, Thailand, and Uganda). Kenya shows strong volatility transmission and high persistence similar to other countries in …
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development — three low-income countries (Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique), and three emerging market countries (Malaysia, the …
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