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states to the UK and Ireland. This paper analyzes the impact of this migration wave on the real wages in the source countries …
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Ireland, the United Kingdom (England and Wales), France and Germany. When viewed comparatively, the four case studies offer …
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Early Childhood Interventions (ECI) offering disadvantaged children preschool and family support services in the US show long-lasting health impacts. Can these benefits hold when these programs are offered to all children in contexts with universal healthcare? We evaluate the short- and...
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The tracking of pupils by ability into elite and non-elite schools represents a controversial policy in many countries. There is no consensus on how large the elite track should be and little agreement on the effects of any further increase in its size. This paper presents a natural experiment...
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information on residential electricity consumption in Northern Ireland. Starting in April 2002, the utility replaced prepayment …
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Ex-post economic impact evaluations are standard requirements for loans and grants from multilateral international development institutions. In many cases, however, lack of sufficient baseline or historical data, or the very nature of the investment itself renders orthodox economic impact...
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tourism industry as part of their regional development policies. The main objective of these programs is to increase local … investment and employment, as tourism activities are labor intensive. Little evidence is available, however, to assess the effect … introduced in 2002 to develop the tourism industry in the undeveloped region of Northeast Brazil. It provides evidence that …
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