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The labor market integration of migrants in Europe : new evidence from micro data
Ho, Giang; Turk Ariss, Rima - 2018
This paper presents novel empirical evidence on the labor market integration of migrants across Europe. It investigates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932485
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Operationalizing inclusive growth : per-percentile diagnostics to inform redistribution policies
Kireev, Aleksej P.; Leonidov, Andrei - 2020
Inclusive growth, narrowly defined in this paper as growth that helps reduce inequality, is achieved if consumption of the poor increases faster than consumption of the rich. The paper presents a simple accounting framework for a per-percentile consumption diagnostics that could inform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251293
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The impact of international migration on inclusive growth : a review
Koczan, Zsoka; Peri, Giovanni; Pinat, Magali; Rozhkov, … - 2021
International migration is an important channel of material improvement for individuals and their offspring. The movement of people across country borders, especially from less developed to richer countries, has a substantial impact in several dimensions. First, it affects the migrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518988
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Economic Integration, Business Cycle, and Productivity in North America
Kose, M. Ayhan - 2004
This paper examines the effect of the major Canada-U.S. trade agreements on the dynamics of business cycles and … productivity in Canada. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its predecessor, the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement … business cycles in Canada and the United States since the early 1980s, country-specific and idiosyncratic factors remain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400637
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Middle East Transitions : A Long, Hard Road
Yusuf, Shahid - 2014
Since the onset of the Arab Spring, economic uncertainty in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen (Arab Countries in Transition, ACTs) has slowed already sluggish growth; worsened unemployment, particularly of youth; undermined business confidence, affected tourist arrivals, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014411460
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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). The paper focuses on cross-border mobility of labor and examines the implications for policymakers with the help of a general equilibrium model. It finds that cross-border labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401328
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Integration of Eastern Europe Into the World Trading System
Junz, Helen B. - 1991
The sheer size of mandated trade among members of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), and its composition and quality, means that its reorientation toward other markets entails a whole complex of structural adjustment policies. To be successful, policy reform must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396289
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Finance and Convergence : What's Ahead for Emerging Europe?
Schellekens, Philip - 2007
emerging Europe. With the help of a general equilibrium theoretical framework, the paper identifies pragmatic directions for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400318
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Economic Transition and Health Care Reform : The Experience of Europe and Central Asia
Leive, Adam - 2010
Economic Transition and Health Care Reform: The Experience of Europe and Central Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402926
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The Canadian Agreementon Internal Trade : Developments and Prospects
Leidy, Michael P. - 1998
in Canada established the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT). This paper takes stock of the achievements and shortcomings … of the AIT. Because the internal barriers to trade being addressed by the AIT are not unique to Canada, the agreement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400835