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The great divide : regional inequality and fiscal policy
Gbohoui, William; Lam, W. Raphael; Lledó, Victor D. - 2019
regions. The rise in inequality is related to declining incentives for interregional labor mobility, especially for poor …
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Inequality in the Spanish labor market during the COVID-19 crisis
Lariau, Ana; Liu, Lucy Qian - 2022
We analyze the differential impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Spanish labor market across population groups, as well as its implications for income inequality. The main finding is that young, less educated, and low skilled workers, as well as women are the most affected by the COVID-19 shock...
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Distributional implications of labor market reforms : learning from Spain's experience
Stepanyan, Ara; Salas, Jorge - 2020
Spain's structural reforms, implemented around 2012, have arguably contributed to a faster and stronger economic …
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Commodity price shocks and financial sector fragility
Kinda, Tidiane; Mlachila, Montfort; Ouedraogo, Rasmané - 2016
This paper investigates the impact of commodity price shocks on financial sector fragility. Using a large sample of 71 commodity exporters among emerging and developing economies, it shows that negative shocks to commodity prices tend to weaken the financial sector, with larger shocks having...
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Assessing Fiscal Risks in Bangladesh
Medina, Leandro - 2015
This paper identifies, quantifies, and assesses fiscal risks in Bangladesh. By performing sensitivity analysis and using stochastic simulations, it measures risks arising from shocks to GDP growth, the exchange rate, commodity prices, and interest rates. It also analyzes specific fiscal and...
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A generalized framework for the assessment of household financial vulnerability
Leika, Mindaugas; Marchettini, Daniela - 2017
Household financial fragility has received considerable attention following the global financial crisis, but substantial gaps remain in the analytical underpinnings of household financial vulnerability assessment, as well as in data availability. This paper aims at integrating the contributions...
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Long-Run Determinants of Exchange Rate Regimes : A Simple Sensitivity Analysis
Mauro, Paolo - 2002
Many studies have attempted to uncover empirical regularities in how countries choose their exchange rate regimes. We survey previous studies showing that, taken as a whole, the literature is inconclusive. Drawing on a large dataset with many potential explanatory variables and a variety of...
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Global Poverty Estimates : A Sensitivity Analysis
Minoiu, Camelia - 2011
Current estimates of global poverty vary substantially across studies. In this paper we undertake a novel sensitivity analysis to highlight the importance of methodological choices in estimating global poverty. We measure global poverty using different data sources, parametric and nonparametric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398164
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COVID-19 pandemic : asymmetric effects across gender and age
Caselli, Francesca; Grigoli, Francesco; Sandri, Damiano; … - 2020
Lockdowns and voluntary social distancing led to significant reduction in people's mobility. Yet, there is scant … evidence on the heterogeneous effects across segments of the population. Using unique mobility indicators based on anonymized … and aggregate data provided by Vodafone for Italy, Portugal, and Spain, we find that lockdowns had a larger impact on the …
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