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The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have led to a rise in gender-based violence. In this paper, we explore the economic … consequences of violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa using large demographic and health survey data collected pre … violence by 1 percentage point can reduce economic activities (as proxied by nightlights) by up to 8 percent. This economic …
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We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of … Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence … correlated with a reduction of the probability of electoral violence across the continent by around 4.2 percentage points. Our …
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This paper provides an empirical analysis of how the frequency and severity of terrorism affect government revenue and expenditure during the period 1970-2013 using a panel dataset on 153 countries. We find that terrorism has only a marginal negative effect on tax revenue performance, after...
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inflation may have been influenced by shortages in fuel and non-fuel commodity supplies, which themselves are driven by violence …
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Like the theory of the second best that the 2006 congress marks, the VAT is now fifty years old. Judged by the extent and speed of its spread around the world, and the revenue that it raises, the VAT would seem to have been a remarkable success. Over the last few years, however, it has come...
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This paper analyses the fiscal effects of armed conflict and terrorism on low- and middle-income countries. An analysis of 22 conflict episodes shows that armed conflict is associated with lower growth and higher inflation, and has adverse effects on tax revenues and investment. It also leads to...
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This paper studies how fiscal rules interact with the intergovernmental fiscal framework to foster fiscal discipline among European subnational governments. We use political variables describing the fiscal attitudes of the central government as instruments to obtain consistent estimates of the...
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Current U.S. trade policy stresses establishing free trade areas (FTAs) with partners spanning the globe. Motivations include enhancing goods and services trade; stimulating investment flows; extending standards on intellectual property rights, labor, and the environment; and addressing...
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This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and...
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globalization hurt sectors where jobs are routinizable but helped others that require specialized skills. High-skilled professionals … share owing to globalization and the erosion of labor market safety nets …
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