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Labor market reform options to boost employment in South Africa

Duval, Romain; Ji, Yi; Shibata, Ippei - 2021

Raising South Africa's low employment rate to levels seen in emerging market or advanced economy peers could raise GDP per capita by 50 to 60 percent and reduce income inequality dramatically in the long term. By putting further strain on an already fragile labor market, Covid-19 has raised the...

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Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and their effects on health outcomes

Deb, Pragyan; Furceri, Davide; Jiménez, Daniel; … - 2021

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Migration, Human Capital, and Poverty in a Dual-Economy of a Developing Country

Masson, Paul R. - 2001

The coexistence of urban and rural poverty and migration to cities is studied in a dual economy model where the acquisition of skills is costly and involves migration to urban areas. In this model, both the distribution of innate abilities and the distribution of wealth matter for the migration...

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Unintended effects from the expansion of the non-contributory health system in Peru

Nauerz, Jonas; Torres, Jose - 2021

Over the last two decades, the Peruvian government has made great efforts to improve access to health care by … significantly augmenting the coverage of the non-contributory public health care system Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS). This … expansion has a positive impact on welfare and public health indicators, as it limits the risk of catastrophic health …

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The sectoral trade losses from financial crises

Atsebi, Bédhat Jean-Marc; Combes, Jean-Louis; Minea, … - 2021

The "Great Trade Collapse" triggered by the 2008-09 crisis calls for a careful assessment of the trade losses from financial crises. We adopt a more detailed perspective by looking at the response of different types of trade (i.e. agricultural, mining, and manufactured goods, and services)...

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Do audits deter or provoke future tax noncompliance? : evidence on self-employed taxpayers

Beer, Sebastian; Kasper, Matthias; Kirchler, Erich; … - 2019

This paper employs unique tax administrative data and operational audit information from a sample of approximately 7,500 self-employed U.S. taxpayers to investigate the effects of operational tax audits on future reporting behavior. Our estimates indicate that audits can have substantial...