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Weather shocks and migration intentions in Western Africa : insights from a multilevel analysis Ghent University
Naar een triple win : de hervorming van circulaire migratieprogramma's tot circulaire scholings- en mobiliteitsprogramma's Ghent University
KERNINZICHTEN 1. De uitbreiding van legale migratiekanalen wordt vaak beschouwd als een belangrijk middel om irreguliere migratie terug te dringen. Tegelijk zou het de impact van de veroudering van de bevolking in de (Westerse, rijke) migratiebestemmingslanden milderen, de economische ontwikkeling in de herkomstlanden bevorderen, én het inkomen van de immigranten zelf verhogen. 2. Beleidsinitiatieven ter versterking van legale migratie worden ...
Encompassing measures of international consumption risk sharing and their link with trade and financial globalization Ghent University
We investigate international consumption risk sharing in a panel of 15 industrial economies over the historical period 1875-2016. By considering a rich empirical consumption-income framework, we document time variation in the sensitivity of consumption growth to idiosyncratic and common shocks but even more so in the size of these shocks. We therefore suggest to measure risk sharing through the use of encompassing variance ratios that take into ...
Assessment of water-migration-gender interconnections in Ethiopia Ghent University
In recent years, water stress has affected Ethiopian people and communities through shrinking water availability/quantity, poor quality and/or inadequate service provision. Water stress is further exacerbated by the impact of extreme events such as droughts and floods. For people exposed to water crises–whether slow-onset water stress or extreme water-related scenarios-migration often emerges as an adaptation strategy. Yet, knowledge on the ...
Testing for international business cycles : a multilevel factor model with stochastic factor selection Ghent University
The empirical literature on common international business cycles has largely ignored model misspecification in estimated factor models as the various cycles are typically imposed but not tested for. This paper proposes a Bayesian stochastic factor selection approach for multilevel factor models. The procedure is applied to a three-level dynamic factor model with a global factor, six regional factors and three development level factors. We ...