The paper reviews recent literature on the economics of migration and diasporas, focusing on economic gains and …

households to examine the joint effect of migration and remittances on economic development. We apply the model to internal … migration in China. Counterfactual analysis of the calibrated model shows that the presence of remittances increases migration …We develop a quantitative spatial equilibrium model with endogenous migration and remittance decisions within …

the provided evidence we argue that this effect is channelled through "cultural remittances". …

? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively …

The economic consequences of migration are hotly debated and a main topic of recent populist movements across Europe … identification, we exploit a historical episode in the Polish migration history to Germany before the fall of the Iron Curtain and … construct a shift-share instrument. Our results differ from findings for high-skilled migration to the United States, which is …

therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … border and to airports to account for endogenous migration patterns. Results are robust to estimations using first …

productivity shifts arising from migration-induced knowledge diffusion and increased workforce diversity. While we find evidence …

cooperative setting. -- temporary migration ; remittances ; migration policy …This paper examines the interaction between migration policies of the host and source countries in the context of a … model of guest-worker migration. For the host, the objective is to provide low-cost labor for its employers while avoiding …