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.6 and 2.1 percentage points in primary and lower secondary education respectively, with girls more severely affected than …
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from countries with stronger labor protection. Workers with positive perceptions of automation also tend to respond that re-education … in shaping the future of work through protection of labor and new forms of social benefits. The demand for protection and …
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We develop a new Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions (MATR) using data from the IMF's Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. MATR is an empirical measure of how restrictive official government policy is towards the international flow of goods and services. MATR is...
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Development Goals in the health, education, and infrastructure sectors in Brazil. We find that there is room for savings in … education (up to 1.5 percentage point of GDP) and health (up to 2.5 percentage points of GDP) without compromising the quality …
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How do oil price movements affect sovereign spreads in an oil-dependent economy? I develop a stochastic general equilibrium model of an economy exposed to co-moving oil price and output processes, with endogenous sovereign default risk. The model explains a large proportion of business cycle...
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years of education of the working age population increased 27 percent for females and 13 percent for males, reducing gender … gaps in education. In this paper, we quantitatively investigate the impact of this increase in education on female … life-cycle. Our main findings are: (i) the improvement in years of education can explain up to 44 percent of the observed …
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social cohesion. This paper discusses the spending, financing, and delivery capacity aspects of a viable development strategy … for Guatemala couched within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. Overall, Guatemala faces … additional spending of about 8 1\2 percent of GDP in 2030 to attain health, education, and roads, water, and sanitation …
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capacity, thus causing global warming and blocking a similar, fossil-fuel driven development path for emerging markets and … developing economies (EMDEs). This paper develops a simple model of a sequential, fossil-fuel driven development process to …; (iv) ultimately, a superior option-for both the world's climate and growth prospects-is the development of clean energy …
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recognized as being critical building blocks for the structure, development and functioning of LCBMs. This Working Paper seeks to … for the development of LCBMs that would adequately address common challenges and impediments …
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sustainable development goals (SDGs). Under current policies, Rwanda would meet its SDGs right after 2050. Active policies that …
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