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Regional migration and wage inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union

Girsberger, Esther Mirjam; Méango, Romuald; Rapoport, … - 2018

We investigate the impact of regional migration on average wages and on wage inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). We exploit unique data from a unified labour force household survey which covers natives and migrants in the seven economic capitals of the region. We...

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Does integration and economic policy coordination promote business cycle synchronization in the EU?

Antonakakis, N.; Tondl, G. - In: Empirica 41 (2014) 3, pp. 541-575

synchronization (BCS) in the EU. We estimate the effects of market integration and economic policy coordination on bilateral business … positive effect on BCS, particularly between incumbent and new EU members. (2) Rising specialization does not decouple business … cycles. (3) The decline of income disparities in EU27 contributes to BCS, as converging countries develop stronger trade and …

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