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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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What drives innovation? : lessons from COVID-19 R&D
Agarwal, Ruchir; Gaulé, Patrick - 2021
To examine the drivers of innovation, this paper studies the global R and D effort to fight the deadliest diseases and … and innovation can be very large, as demonstrated by aggregate flow of clinical trials increasing by 38% in 2020, with …, while economists are naturally in favor of market size as a driving force for innovation (i.e.'if the market size is …
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Education and health for inclusiveness
Filmer, Deon; Gatti, Roberta; Rogers, Halsey; … - 2021
We discuss existing shortfalls and inequalities in the accumulation of human capital-knowledge, skills, and health. We analyze their immediate and systemic causes, and assess the scope for public intervention. The broad policy goals should be to improve: the quality, and not just the quantity,...
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Intergenerational social mobility in Africa since 1920
Ouedraogo, Rasmane; Syrichas, Nicolas - 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has a severe impact on education and employment and exposed the many social inequities that make some populations more vulnerable to shocks. Despite a vast literature on social mobility in advanced economies, little is known about it in African countries, mainly due to data...
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Struggling to make the grade : a review of the causes and consequences of the weak outcomes of South Africa's education system
Mlachila, Montfort; Moeletsi, Tlhalefang - 2019
While South Africa has made significant improvements in basic and tertiary education enrollment, the country still suffers from significant challenges in the quality of educational achievement by almost any international metric. The paper finds that money is clearly not the main issue since the...
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Emigration and Brain Drain : Evidence From the Caribbean
Mishra, Prachi - 2006
This paper quantifies the magnitude and nature of migration flows from the Caribbean and estimates their costs and benefits. The Caribbean countries have lost 10-40 percent of their labor force due to emigration to OECD member countries. The migration rates are particularly striking for the...
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Narrowing vertical fiscal imbalances in four European countries
Karpowicz, Izabela - 2012
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CDS spreads in European periphery : some technical issues to consider
Bilal, Mohsan; Kumar, Manmohan S. - 2012
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Debt dilution and sovereign default risk
Hatchondo, Juan Carlos; Martinez, Leonardo; Sosa … - 2011
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