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Migration on the Rise, a Paradigm in Decline: The Last Half-Century of Global Mobility
Clemens, Michael A. - 2022
The past several decades have witnessed a rebirth of global labor mobility. Workers have begun to move between countries at rates not seen since before World War One. During the same period, economists' study of international migration has been framed by a particular textbook model of location...
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Remittances and inequality: A dynamic migration model
Docquier, Frederic; Rapoport, Hillel; Shen, I-Ling - 2006
We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … wealth inequality is shown to be monotonically reduced along the time-span, the short- and the long-run impacts on income … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532975
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Remittances and inequality: A dynamic migration model
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Shen, I-Ling - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2006
We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … wealth inequality is shown to be monotonically reduced along the time-span, the short- and the long-run impacts on income … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977231
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Mass Refugee Inflow and Long-run Prosperity: Lessons from the Greek Population Resettlement
Murard, Elie; Sakalli, Seyhun Orcan - 2020
We investigate the long-term consequences of mass refugee inflow on economic develop-ment. After the Greco-Turkish war …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532900
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The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest: Evidence from the Pacific
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David - 2009
A unique survey which tracks worldwide the best and brightest academic performers from three Pacific countries is used to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the microeconomic level, the determinants of these migration choices....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532673
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Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The microdata show that more educated migrants remit more
Bollard, Albert; McKenzie, David; Morten, Melanie; … - 2009
Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532677
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Media Exposure and Internal Migration - Evidence from Indonesia
Farré, Lídia; Fasani, Francesco - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of television on internal migration in Indonesia. We exploit the differential introduction of private television throughout the country and the variation in signal reception due to topography to estimate the causal effect of media exposure. Our estimates reveal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532682
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Globalization, Agricultural Markets and Mass Migration
Gray, Rowena; Narciso, Gaia; Tortorici, Gaspare - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532686
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Migration, Entrepreneurship and Social Capital
Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - 2009
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether return migrants are more likely to become entrepreneurs than non-migrants. We develop a theoretical search model that puts forward the trade off faced by returnees since overseas migration provides an opportunity for human and physical capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532711
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Real Exchange Rates and the Earnings of Immigrants
Dustmann, Christian; Ku, Hyejin; Surovtseva, Tanya - 2021
Higher price levels in the destination relative to the origin increase the effective real wages of immigrants, thereby affecting immigrants' reservation and entry wages as well as their subsequent career trajectories. Based on micro-level longitudinal administrative data from Germany and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532727