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Migration, Congestion Externalities, and the Evaluation of Spatial Investments

Dinkelman, Taryn; Schulhofer-Wohl, Sam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

externalities from migration reduced local welfare gains by half. …

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The Impact of Regional and Sectoral Productivity Changes on the U.S. Economy

Caliendo, Lorenzo; Parro, Fernando; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We study the impact of regional and sectoral productivity changes on the U.S. economy. To that end, we consider an environment that captures the effects of interregional and intersectoral trade in propagating disaggregated productivity changes at the level of a sector in a given U.S. state to...

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Taste Heterogeneity, Labour Mobility and Economic Geography

Tabuchi, Takatoshi; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper investigates the impact of the heterogeneity of the labour force on the spatial distribution of activities. This goal is achieved by applying the tools of discrete choice theory to an economic geography model. We show that taste heterogeneity acts as a strong dispersion force. We also...

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Regional Policy Design: An Analysis of Relocation, Efficiency and Equity

Ulltveit-Moe, Karen-Helene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Despite substantial regional expenditures at both national and community level, European regional policies do not appear to deliver. The evidence suggests that neither efficiency gains nor reduced regional inequalities are attained. If there is any positive impact at all, then it is at the most...

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Income inequality, decentralisation and regional development in Western Europe

Pike, Andy J; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tomaney, John; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper deals with the relationship between decentralisation, regional economic development, and income inequality within regions. Using multiplicative interaction models and regionally aggregated microeconomic data for more than 100,000 individuals in the European Union (EU), it addresses...

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Soaring Minds: The Flight of Israel’s Economists

Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Despite their small number, Israeli economists have become an important fixture in the international academic scene. In recent years, this phenomenon has been characterized by an additional attribute: the number of Israelis who have chosen to leave the country’s universities - or not to return...

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Determinants of the Choice of Migration Destination

Fafchamps, Marcel; Shilpi, Forhad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper examines migrants' choice of destination conditional on migration. To this end, we design an empirical … strategy which remedies both migration selection and unobserved heterogeneity problems. The study uses data from two rounds of … Nepal Living Standard Surveys and a Population Census and examine how the choice of a migration destination is influenced by …

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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion

Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

after the incentive is removed. The migration rate is 10 percentage points higher in treatment areas a year later, and three … re-migration, and by conducting a new experiment with a migration insurance treatment. We document several pieces of …

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Sale of Visas: A Smuggler's Final Song?

Auriol, Emmanuelle; Mesnard, Alice - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We study how smugglers respond to different types of migration policies - legalisation through the sale of migration … controlling migration flows faces a trade-off. Eliminating smugglers by the sale of visas increases the flows of migrants and may … reinforced external and internal controls- and sale of visas may be effective at eliminating smugglers and controlling migration …

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Mitigating long-run health effects of drought: Evidence from South Africa

Dinkelman, Taryn - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

TBVC and non-TBVC areas after the repeal of migration restrictions. The results show that although drought has significant …

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