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The IMF has been criticized for not predicting the 1997 Asian crisis and for imposing policy measures which exacerbated the situation. The IMF's policies reflect its historical experience and theoretical framework in dealing with balance of payments crises.
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In this paper, we take as our point of departure the necessity for a feminist analysis that incorporates "gender, race, and class" analysis. Our book, Race, Gender & Work, first published in 1991 after many years or preparation, was dedicated to advancing this form of analysis in the realm of...
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Using factor analysis, ordinary least squares estimation, and maximum-likelihood ordered probit estimation, we examine the relationship between the socioeconomic characteristics of neighborhoods and their supply of licansed childcare. We find that supply of licensed childcare in Massachusetts is...
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Standard exchange rate models perform poorly in out-of-sample forecasting when compared to the random walk model. We posit that part of the poor performance of these models may be due to their omission of political factors.
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This paper discusses the measurement of R&D spillovers (specifically spill-ins) to the agricultural and food processing sectors. We report measures of direct inter-sectoral and international spillovers based on the Yale Technology Concordance (YTC) and patent data for 14 less developed...
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