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Immigration and Wage Dynamics in Germany

Klinger, Sabine - 2020

-level administrative data - that large immigration flows since 2012 have had dampening effects on aggregate wage growth, as complementarity …

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Why U.S. Immigration Matters for the Global Advancement of Science

Agarwal, Ruchir; Ganguli, Ina; Gaule, Patrick; Smith, Geoff - 2021

This paper studies the impact of U.S. immigration barriers on global knowledge production. We present four key findings … developing countries. Fourth, certain ‘push’ incentives that reduce immigration barriers—by addressing financing constraints for …

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Immigration and Employment : Substitute Versus Complementary Labor in Selected African Countries

viseth, Arina - 2021

This paper uses census and household survey data on Cameroon, Ghana, and South Africa toexamine immigration's impact in … the context of a segmented labor market in Sub-SaharanAfrica. We find that immigration affects (i) employment (ii … the impact depends on the degree of complementarity between immigrants and nativeworkers' skills. Immigration is found to …

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Canada's Potential Growth : Another Victim of the Crisis

Estevão, Marcello M. - 2011

This study investigates the impact of the current financial crisis on Canada's potential GDP growth. Using a simple accounting framework to decompose trend GDP growth into changes in capital, labor services and total factor productivity, we find a sizeable drop in Canadian potential growth in...

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The East African Community : Prospects for Sustained Growth

McAuliffe, Catherine - 2012

The East African Community (EAC) has been among the fastest growing regions in sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade or so. Nonetheless, the recent growth path will not be enough to achieve middle-income status and substantial poverty reduction by the end of the decade-the ambition of most...

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Investment-Led Growth in China : Global Spillovers

Ahuja, Ashvin - 2012

Over the past decade, China's growth model has become more reliant on investment and its footprint in global imports has widened substantially. Several economies within China's supply chain are increasingly exposed to its investment-led growth and face growing risks from a deceleration in...

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Tax Composition and Growth : A Broad Cross-Country Perspective

Acosta Ormaechea, Santiago LE - 2012

We investigate the relation between changes in tax composition and long-run economic growth using a new dataset covering a broad cross-section of countries with different income levels. We specifically consider 69 countries with at least 20 years of observations on total tax revenue during the...

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Social Spending in Korea : Can it Foster Sustainable and Inclusive Growth?

Elekdag, Selim Ali - 2012

Going forward, Korea faces two closely related challenges: sustaining economic growth against the backdrop of a rapidly aging population and ameliorating income inequality. This paper argues that a gradual increase in social spending could promote more sustainable and inclusive growth in Korea....

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Public Debt Dynamics : The Effects of Austerity, Inflation, and Growth Shocks

Cherif, Reda - 2012

We study how macroeconomic shocks affect U.S. public debt dynamics using a VAR with debt feedback. Following a fiscal austerity shock, the debt ratio initially declines and then returns to its pre-shock path. Yet, the effect is not statistically significant. In a weak economic environment, the...

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Taxation and Development - Again

Keen, Michael - 2012

Issues of taxation and development, which have long been a central concern of the IMF, have attracted wider and renewed interest in the last few years. This paper reflects on three broad lessons of experience: that developing countries differ vastly in tax matters, and in ways that are less than...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098586

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