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The Recovery from the Great Recession : A Long, Evolving Expansion
Shambaugh, Jay; Strain, Michael R. - 2021
Prior to 2020, the Great Recession was the most important macroeconomic shock to the United States economy in generations. Millions lost jobs and homes. At its peak, one in ten workers who wanted a job could not find one. On an annual basis, the economy contracted by more than it had since the...
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The Role of Demographics in Precipitating Crises in Financial Institutions
Macunovich, Diane - 2009
There are significant effects of changing demographics on economic indicators: growth in GDP especially, but also the current account balance and gross capital formation. The 15-24 age group appears to be one of the key age groups in these effects, with increases in that age group exerting...
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The Impact of Ireland's Recession on the Labour Market Outcomes of its Immigrants
Barrett, Alan - 2010
. Between 2008 and 2009, Ireland experienced one of the most acute downturns in economic activity in the industrialised world …
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Foreign Labour Migration and the Economic Crisis in the EU : Ongoing and Remaining Issues of the Migrant Workforce in Germany
Kim, Anna Myunghee - 2010
This paper provides an evaluation of the status of migrant workers in Germany amidst the global financial crisis. Findings of the study are drawn from the latest available data on the labour market performance of native-German and non-German migrant workers as well as other socioeconomic...
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Migration, Economic Crisis and Adjustment in the UK
Clark, Kenneth - 2014
We examine changes in migration to the UK in the period leading up to the Great Recession and in its immediate aftermath. In so doing, we pay particular attention to the changing countries of origin of recent migration flows to the UK, especially in relation to migration from other parts of the...
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The Last of the Lost Generations? Formal and Non-Formal Education in Ghana During Times of Economic Decline and Recovery
Blunch, Niels-Hugo - 2018
Using a cohort approach, this paper examines educational attainment in Ghana and its potential determinants considering both educational attainment in the formal education system and participation in non-formal education in the form of adult literacy programs. The results indicate an overall...
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How Immigrants Helped EU Labor Markets to Adjust During the Great Recession
Kahanec, Martin - 2017
The economic literature starting with Borjas (2001) suggests that immigrants are more flexible than natives in responding to changing sectoral, occupational, and spatial shortages in the labor market. In this paper, we study the relative responsiveness to labor shortages by immigrants from...
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Does Anti-Competitive Regulation Matter for Productivity? Evidence from European Firms
Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2011
. These allow accounting for both the direct effects of sectoral regulation on within-sector performance and the indirect … effects of sectoral regulation on firms in other sectors through intersectoral input-output linkages. Our econometric … at the global technological frontier and a catch up term. We assume that regulation can affect productivity growth both …
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Policies to Promote Growth and Economic Efficiency in Mexico
Arias, Javier - 2010
regulation. We focus on two issues that should receive more attention in discussions of Mexican policy. (1) The family is under … heavy burden of monopoly and regulation. We find little evidence that the introduction of social protection programs for …
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Work Permit Regulations and Migrants' Labor Market Outcomes
Qendrai, Pamela - 2022
This paper studies how the introduction of a novel residence permit for working purposes the so-called Blue Card introduced in August 2012 has affected entry-level wages of non-EU migrants in Germany. The Blue Card was targeted at non-EU university graduates with degrees received or recognized...
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