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Migrants from Ukraine and Belarus Living in Sweden Before the War
Andersson, Fredrik W.; Wadensjo, Eskil - 2022
The Russian war in Ukraine has led to many fleeing the country. The Temporary Protection Directive applies to those … from Ukraine but also those who received a residence permit in Ukraine as a refugee before 24 February 2022, as those who … have fled from Belarus to Ukraine in recent years. We can therefore expect that many refugees will come to Sweden from …
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Energy Price Shocks and the Demand for Energy-Efficient Housing : Evidence from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Braakmann, Nils; Dursun, Bahadir; Pickard, Harry - 2023
study this question in the context of the rapid rise in energy prices caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260823
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No Education, No Good Jobs? Evidence on the Relationship between Education and Labor Market Segmentation
Pages, Carmen; Stampini, Marco - 2021
This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the markets for skilled and unskilled labor, inquiring if segmentation is an exclusive feature of the latter....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316679
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The Russian-Ukrainian Political Divide
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2021
Ukraine. Whether this divide was caused by purely ethnic differences or by ethnically segregated reform preferences is unknown …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317262
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Is Privatization Working in Ukraine? New Estimates from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Data, 1989-2013
Brown, J. David - 2015
long panel on all initially state-owned manufacturing firms in Ukraine. The large size and length of the time series in the … minority or majority stakes, ownership structures that have largely disappeared since the early 2000s, as Ukraine has sold off …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016235
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Migration from Ukraine : Brawn or Brain? New Survey Evidence
Commander, Simon John - 2013
Ukraine in August – October 2011. We find that migrants are positively selected in terms of age and education. Yet, this is … explained by the absence of the conventional link between education and skills in Ukraine.To circumvent this problem, we compare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082760
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Warrant Economics, Call-Put Policy Optionsand the Fallacies of Economic Theory
Hatgioannides, John; Karanassou, Marika - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
chorus of the tragedy which plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that,despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of perfect competition, the global fields ofthe dysfunctional market system have mushroomed in what we call Warrant Economics forthe Free-Market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486980
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Economic History or History of Economics?A Review Essay on Sylvia Nasar’sGrand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Ashenfelter, Orley - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar’s long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. Idescribe how the book is an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, withdistinguished economists’ stories inserted in appropriate places. Nasar’s goal is to show howeconomists work, but also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486990
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Should Easier Access to International CreditReplace Foreign Aid?
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Lahiri, Sajal; Younas, Javed - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
We examine the interaction between foreign aid and binding borrowing constraint for arecipient country. We also analyze how these two instruments affect economic growth vianon-linear relationships. First of all, we develop a two-country, two-period trade-theoreticmodel to develop testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522214
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Growth, Development, and Technological Change
Grossmann, Volker; Steger, Thomas M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The theory of endogenous technical change has deeply contributed to our understanding ofthe fundamental sources of economic growth and development. In this chapter we surveyimportant contributions in the field by focussing on the basic structure of endogenous growthmodels with horizontal as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863368