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Cities of workers, children, or seniors? : age structure and economic growth in a global cross-section of cities

Jedwab, Remi; Pereira, Daniel; Roberts, Mark - 2019

variety of historical and contemporary sources, it shows that there exists marked variation in the age structure of the world …

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Ageing and Family Solidarity in Europe : Patterns and Driving Factors of Intergenerational Support

Albertini, Marco - 2016

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, intergenerational relations remain a key aspect of the future development and sustainability of the European social model. In the present paper, patterns of intergenerational support and the main driving factors behind individuals' transfer behavior...

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Appraising Cross-National Income Inequality Databases : An Introduction

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2015

the Caribbean. Two are based on secondary sources: All the Ginis and the World Income Inequality Database; and one is … generated entirely through multiple-imputation methods: the Standardized World Income Inequality Database. Although there is …-based: CEPALSTAT, Income Distribution Database, Luxembourg Income Study, PovcalNet, and Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and …

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Estimation of Climate Change Damage Functions for 140 Regions in the GTAP9 Database

Roson, Roberto - 2016

Climate change damage (or, more correctly, impact) functions relate variations in temperature (or other climate variables) to economic impacts in various dimensions, and are at the basis of quantitative modeling exercises for the assessment of climate change policies. This document provides a...

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Horizontal Depth : A New Database on the Content of Preferential Trade Agreements

Hofmann, Claudia - 2017

. First, it presents a new database that offers a detailed assessment of the content of preferential arrangements, examining … the coverage and legal enforceability of provisions. The database covers 279 agreements signed by 189 countries between … 1958 and 2015, which reflects the entire set of preferential trade agreements in force and notified to the World Trade …

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Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016 : Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change

2015 - Online-Ausg.

The Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016: Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change details the progress toward the global development goals and examines the impact of demographic change on achieving these goals. Part I examines global development progress, the unfinished development...

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On the Impact of Demographic Change on Growth, Savings, and Poverty

Cruz, Marcio - 2016

Changing population age structures are shaping the trajectories of development in many countries, bringing opportunities and challenges. While aging has been a matter of concern for upper-middle and high-income economies, rapid population growth is set to continue in the poorest countries over...

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Innovative Solutions for Business Entry Reforms : A Global Analysis

International Finance Corporation - 2012

41 business registers conducted by the Bronnoysund register centre in cooperation with the World Bank Group; case studies … undertaken in 2011 in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Italy, Vietnam, and Norway; the 2011 World Bank and … International Finance Corporation (IFC) doing business report; the 2011 World Bank Group study of ICT solutions in 34 company …

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Options for Low Income Countries Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : A Report to the G-20 Development Working Group by the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank

International Monetary Fund - 2015

Experience shows that there is often ample room for more effective and efficient use of investment tax incentives in low-income countries. Tax incentives generally rank low in investment climate surveys in low-income countries, and there are many examples in which they are reported to be...

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Expansionary Fiscal Austerity : New International Evidence

Nie, Ou - 2020

The expansionary fiscal contraction (EFC) hypothesis states that fiscal austerity can increase output or consumption when a country is under heavy debt burdens because it sends positive signal about the country's solvency situation and long-term economic wellbeing. Empirical tests of this...

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