We consider the welfare effects of the emigration of workers who produce a public good (knowledge). We distinguish … between the knowledge diversion and knowledge creation effects of such emigration, and show that the remaining residents of a … country can gain from emigration, even when tastes for knowledge goods exhibit a kind of 'home bias'. In contrast to existing …

of emigration as well as immigration. We focus on Europe and compare the outcomes for large Western European countries … inequality because of emigration. Whereas, contrary to the popular belief, immigration had nearly equal but opposite effects … the wage effect of emigration, instead …

In this paper, we examine net emigration from Mexico over the period 1960 to 2000. The data are consistent with labor …-supply shocks having made a substantial contribution to Mexican emigration, accounting for two fifths of Mexican labor flows to the … U.S. over the last two decades of the 20th century. Net emigration rates by Mexican state birth-year cohort display a …

disaster in modern European history. It occurred when overseas mass emigration from southern Italy was at its peak and … international borders were open, making emigration a widespread phenomenon and a readily available option for disaster relief. We … migration. Using commune-level data on damage and annual emigration, we find that, despite massive destruction, there is no …

--affect perceived credibility in economics research. Using a randomized controlled survey of both economists and a representative sample …