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The Distributive Effects of Land Titleon Labor Supply; Evidence From Brazil
Moura, Mauricio; Piza, Caio; Poplawski-Ribeiro, Marcos - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper studies the effects of property-titling on labor supply. The role of legal ownership security is isolated by comparing the effect that being part of, or excluded from, a land title program in a unique quasi-experiment in two similar communities in the Brazilian city of Osasco. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151228
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Macroeconomics of Migration in New Member States
Bems, Rudolfs - 2008
This paper examines the macroeconomic impact of migration on income convergence in the EU's New Member States (NMS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677689
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Northern Triangle Undocumented Migration to the United States
Carare, Alina - 2023
Undocumented migration from the Northern Triangle countries (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) to the United States … conditions (real wages and unemployment rates, especially in the U.S.) play a major role in explaining undocumented migration …. Less explored drivers of undocumented migration tied to living conditions at home also explain well undocumented migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059750
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Who Saves in Ireland? The Micro Evidence.
Moreno-Badia, Marialuz - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. WHO SAVES IN IRELAND? -- III. ARE HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS AFFECTED BY CAPITAL GAINS IN HOUSING? -- IV. THE SPECIAL SAVINGS INCENTIVE ACCOUNTS -- V. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- APPENDIX III -- REFERENCES.
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The Role of Affordable Mortgages in Improving Living Standards and Stimulating Growth; A Survey of Selected Mena Countries
Nothaft, Frank E.; Erbas, S. Nuri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
This paper argues that making affordable home mortgage loans available to a large cross section of the population will serve both the redistributive and growth-enhancing objectives of poverty reduction policies. The current state of housing and mortgage markets in selected Middle East and North...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825998
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Macroeconomics of Migration in New Member States
Bems, Rudolfs; Schellekens, Philip - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper examines the macroeconomic impact of migration on income convergence in the EU's New Member States (NMS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825900
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Impact of Remittanceson Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gupta, Sanjeev; Pattillo, Catherine A.; Wagh, Smita - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
out-migration in SSA. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826522
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Climate Variability and Worldwide Migration: Empirical Evidence and Projections
Cattaneo, Cristina - 2024
We estimate a bilateral gravity equation for emigration rates controlling for decadal weather averages of temperature, precipitation, droughts, and extreme precipitation in origin countries. Using the parameter estimates of the gravity equation, we estimate global, regional, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058584
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Climate and Cross-Border Migration
Beltran, Paula - 2023
Our work is positioned at the intersection of migration and climate change-two key forces shaping the economic outlook … explaining migration patterns; (ii) importance of climate disasters as driver of cross-border migration; and (iii) the importance … of climate-driven migration on the overall impact of climate on macroeconomic outcomes. It arrives at the following main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058871
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Transmission of Liquidity Shocks
Hesse, Heiko - 2008
The recent credit crisis started as a credit shock and then rapidly promulgated in the form of market and funding illiquidity before inducing solvency problems at some financial institutions. This column presents empirical evidence mapping the transmission channels of the crisis
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012678160