International workforce migration represents nowadays an important part of globalization phenomenon that we are currently witnessing, having enormous implication for growth and welfare in both origin and destination countries. Currently nearly 200 million people live outside their birthplace...

A formação de quadros superiores que pudessem assegurar o progresso dos (novos) estados africanos constituíra uma preocupação da política de educação e desenvolvimento do continente africano nos anos sessenta. Mais recentemente, as Convenções de Lomé – exemplo da convenção de...

When workers are displaced from their jobs in mass layoffs or firm closures, they experience lasting adverse labor market consequences. We study how these consequences vary with the amount of skill mismatch that workers experience when returning to the labor market. Using novel measures of skill...