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Self-selection and the performance of return migrants: the source country perspective

De Coulon, Augustin; Piracha, Matloob - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

In this paper, using the framework of a Roy theoretical model, we examine the performance of return migrants in Albania. We ask two main questions: (i) Had they chosen not to migrate, what would be the performance of return migrants compared to the non-migrants? and (ii) What would be the...

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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator

Gordon, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by Fielding (1989). It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...

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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator

Gordon, Ian R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high-order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by A. J. Fielding. It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...

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Long term implications of the ICT revolution: applying the lessons of growth theory and growth accounting

Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

How big a boost to long run growth can countries expect from the ICT revolution? I use the results of growth accounting and the insights from a two-sector growth model to answer this question. The use of a two-sector rather than a one-sector model is required because of the very rapid rate at...

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Does cultural diversity help innovation in cities: evidence from London firms

Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

London is one of the world’s major cities, and one of its most diverse. London’s cultural diversity is widely seen as a social asset, but there is little hard evidence on its importance for the city’s businesses. Theory and evidence suggest various links between urban cultural diversity...

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Agglomeration in the periphery

Sarvimäki, Matti - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

i. This discussion paper is a completely revised version of SERCDP0047, published April 2010. This paper argues that agglomeration externalities are important even in the rural periphery. The analysis focuses on the forced relocation of more than a tenth of the Finnish population after World War...

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Cultural diversity, cities and innovation: firm effects or city effects?

Lee, Neil - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Growing cultural diversity is seen as important for innovation. Research has focused on two potential mechanisms: a firm effect, with diversity at the firm level improving knowledge sourcing or ideas generation, and a city effect, where diverse cities helping firms innovate. This paper uses a...

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Change and continuity among minority communities in Britain

Georgiadis, Andreas; Manning, Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

There is widespread concern currently that some ethnic minority communities within Britain, especially Muslim, are not following the stereotypical immigrant path of economic and cultural assimilation into British society. Indeed, many seem to have the impression that differences between Muslims...

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Immigration, diversity and the labour market outcomes of native workers: some recent developments

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This brief essay provides a selective discussion of how in recent years economists in the neoclassical tradition have addressed the questions whether and how immigration affects native workers’ labour market outcomes. In particular, it discusses: the distinction between the displacement,...

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Is the medical brain drain beneficial? Evidence from overseas doctors in the UK

Kangasniemi, Mari; Winters, L. Alan; Commander, Simon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

The ¿beneficial brain drain¿ hypothesis suggests that skilled migration can be good for a sending country because the … degree of screening of migrants by the host country is limited and that the possibility of migration actually encourages home … country residents to obtain education. We studied the implications of doctors¿ migration by conducting a survey among overseas …

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