This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap … derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants’ gender. Instrumental variable … estimates indicate that increasing gender equality in economic or political rights generally deepens the GMG, i.e., it reduces …

During the Great Recession, immigrants reacted to the drop in labour demand in Spain through internal migration or …

We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a stylized dynamic model of urban growth with three sectors of …'). If, however, production becomes cleaner over time ('green growth') the equilibrium urbanization path reaches the … efficient urbanization path after finite time without need of a coordinating mechanism. The results may be generalized to take …

This paper estimates the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on migration and other economic outcomes …. I develop a quantitative spatial model that captures the role of trade networks, migration barriers, and agricultural …, by the end of the century, reduces SSA real GDP per capita by 1.8 percent and displaces 4 million individuals. Migration …

This paper analyses the effect of the presence of German language learning opportunities abroad on migration to Germany … that the number of language institutes of the GI in a country is positively correlated with migration from that country to … country is exogenous to migration flows from that country to Switzerland. We find that the institutes of the GI also affect …

Recent surveys of the literature on climate change and migration emphasize the important diversity of outcomes and …

International migration flows largely reflect demographic patterns and economic opportunities. Migration flows increase … unemployment, low wages, and high population growth. Migration flows decrease in the geographic and cultural distance between the … potential origin and destination, and in other migration costs. To the extent that migrants are employed, immigration can …

We analyze the migration drivers within the European Union countries. For a set of 23 EU countries over the 1995 … addition, 1000 PPP Euro increase in the difference in net annual salaries increases net migration by approximately 50 and 42 …

We examine both theoretically and empirically how migration affects cultural change in home and host countries. Our … theoretical model integrates various compositional and cultural transmission mechanisms of migration-based cultural change for …