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This paper presents evidence on how the provision of unreliable electricity constrains expansion in the productive sectors of the economy, consequently leading to a reduction in the number of employment opportunities in Africa. Using geodata on electricity transmission networks on the continent,...
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To what extent does unreliable electricity provision pervasive in many African countries affect job creation in the region? I address this question by assembling household and firm level data from 29 African countries along with unique project level data on foreign direct investment (FDI)....
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socio-economic groups and their potential correlation with perceived concerns about labour market competition. Against the … background of the large-scale influx of refugees into Germany between 2015 and 2016, this paper uses data from a unique and … competitors on the labour market. (iii) The perception of potential competition from migrants strongly predicts fear of job loss …
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socio-economic groups and their potential correlation with perceived concerns about labour market competition. Against the … background of the large-scale influx of refugees into Germany between 2015 and 2016, this paper uses data from a unique and …) The perception of potential competition from migrants strongly predicts fear of job loss. Once we control for this …
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Gavosto, Venturini, Villosio (1999) find that the impact of foreign workers on the wage of natives was positive. Such a result was partly to be expected, and therefore the effect of immigrants on native employment is analyzed here. Two aspects of the unemployment experience are taken into...
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