This paper empirically tests the hypothesis that trade can act as an engine of growth using panel data for the Southern … formation was the need to accelerate, foster, and encourage the region's growth. Our results indicate that during the period … covered by this study (2005-2017), export expansion stimulated growth, more openness to trade reduced it, and that the …

The paper analyzes the effects of individual and household characteristics on current poverty status, while controlling … for initial conditions, past poverty status and unobserved heterogeneity in 14 European Countries for the period 1994 … very important policy implications, since if the former is the main cause of poverty it is of paramount importance to break …

The paper examines the mobility into and out of poverty and identifies the determinants of poverty spell beginnings and … paper offers a snapshot of poverty mobility in Europe calculating the entry and exit poverty rates, along with the … conditional, to the duration of spell, exit probabilities and re-entry rates to poverty. In the second part observed …