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This paper uses census and household survey data on Cameroon, Ghana, and South Africa to examine immigration's impact … in the context of a segmented labor market in Sub-Saharan Africa. We find that immigration affects (i) employment (ii … the impact depends on the degree of complementarity between immigrants and native workers' skills. Immigration is found to …
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per capita by 50 to 60 percent and reduce income inequality dramatically in the long term. By putting further strain on an …
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and mid-1990s. Using a system of equations for unemployment, labor-force participation, the real wage, and the immigration … that of an increase in domestic labor-force participation. The composition of immigration flows matters, and the proportion …
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I use three decades of county-level data to estimate the effects of federal unemployment benefit extensions on economic activity. To overcome the reverse causality coming from the fact that benefit extensions are a function of state unemployment rates, I only use the within-state variation in...
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conditions and policies that help spread the gains from trade more evenly throughout the population. We exploit a large global …
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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 … characteristics. Given that these vulnerable groups were positioned in the lower end of the income distribution before the crisis, we …
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Using the U.S. Current Population Survey data, this paper compares the distributional impacts of the Pandemic Crisis … teleworkable and essential jobs fell less during the Pandemic Crisis. Lastly, during both recessions, workers at low-income … earnings have suffered more than top-income earners, suggesting a significant distributional impact of the two recessions …
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Before the pandemic, the South African economy remained stuck in low gear, with anemic growth, stagnant private investment, and a shrinking tradable sector. Subdued growth has raised unemployment, poverty, and inequality, hindering inclusion efforts. The pandemic has worsened economic and social...
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