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-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe and the US, empirical estimates indicated only a modest contribution of trade … the unequal impacts of trade can manifest along different margins. Recent evidence from countries across Europe and the US …
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Africa. We estimate an augmented-gravity model that includes public deficit, public debt, public expenditure, inflation, and … the foreign reserves position. We also integrate Africa-specific variables such as existing economic blocs in the region … Southern Africa is promising, but many challenges still persist. The existing economic blocs can provide a first stepping stone …
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The global financial crisis and the subsequent uneven recovery have underscored the need for Africa's resilience to … African Community (EAC) and the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) – suggests that deeper intra-regional, and in particular …
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The expansion of regionalism has spawned an extensive theoretical literature analysing the effects of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. In this paper we focus on FTAs (also called European agreements) between the European Union (EU-15) and the Central and Eastern European countries...
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migrate to Fortress Europe over the period of 1990 to 2001. While we find some differences in the exodus of skilled Africans … by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall …
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country with the highest pre-pandemic per-capita irregular migration rates in Africa. We use a large-scale panel survey … conducted in 2019 and 2020 to compare changes in intentions to migrate to Europe and to neighboring Senegal. We find the … backway to Europe remains high, highlighting the need for legal migration pathways to support migrants and divert them from …
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The paper addresses an often neglected question in labour market research: to which extent do outcomes aggregated on the national level disguise occupational diversity in employment conditions? In particular, how and why do occupational groups differ with regard to the incidence of non-standard...
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The issue of welfare receipt by immigrants is highly controversial across Europe. In this paper, we assess whether … protecting immigrants from poverty across Europe …
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Using firm-level data for a sample of European countries, we focus on the effects that product-market regulations have on firm-level TFP growth. We proxy regulatory burdens using the OECD indicators of sectoral non-manufacturing regulations. These allow accounting for both the direct effects of...
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Whether Europe will be able to stand up to its internal and external challenges crucially depends on its ability to … Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to be expected. A review of current immigration policies shows that … despite a number of positive recent developments Europe lacks a consistent strategy to address this challenge effectively …
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