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Why U.S. immigration matters for the global advancement of science
Agarwal, Ruchir; Ganguli, Ina; Gaulé, Patrick; Smith, Geoff - 2021
This paper studies the impact of U.S. immigration barriers on global knowledge production. We present four key findings. First, among Nobel Prize winners and Fields Medalists, migrants to the U.S. play a central role in the global knowledge network-representing 20-33% of the frontier knowledge...
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Immigration and employment : substitute versus complementary labor in selected African countries
Viseth, Arina - 2020
This paper uses census and household survey data on Cameroon, Ghana, and South Africa to examine immigration's impact in the context of a segmented labor market in Sub-Saharan Africa. We find that immigration affects (i) employment (ii) employment allocation between informal and formal sectors,...
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The labor market integration of migrants in Europe : new evidence from micro data
Ho, Giang; Turk Ariss, Rima - 2018
This paper presents novel empirical evidence on the labor market integration of migrants across Europe. It investigates how successfully migrants integrate in 13 European countries by applying a unified framework to analyze a rich micro dataset with over ten million individuals surveyed between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932485
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Storm clouds ahead? : migration and labor force participation rates in Europe
Hilgenstock, Benjamin; Koczan, Zsoka - 2018
The paper examines the potential effects of international migration on labor force participation in advanced economies … in Europe. It documents that migration played a significant role in alleviating aging pressures on labor supply by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011866524
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Tax Burden and Migration : A Political Economy Perspective
Tsadḳah, Efrayim - 1997
balance between those who gain and those who lose from a more extensive tax-transfer policy. In a stylized model of migration … and human capital formation, we find, somewhat against conventional wisdom, that low-skill migration may lead to a lower … tax burden and less redistribution than no migration, even though the migrants join the pro-tax coalition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403302
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Dynamiccs of Asian Savings : Role of Growth and Age Structure
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper shows how growth and demography, two important determinants of the savings rate in the life-cycle approach, explain a large part of the diversity in savings behavior in Asia across eight countries as well as over time. Inflation and adverse movements in the terms of trade are found to...
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The demographic dividend : evidence from the Indian states
Aiyar, Shekhar; Mody, Ashoka - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487111
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The Demographic Dividend : Evidence From the Indian States
Mody, Ashoka - 2011
-state migration. The results imply that a substantial fraction of the growth acceleration that India has experienced since the 1980s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402559
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Are African Households Heterogeneous Agents? : Stylized Facts on Patterns of Consumption, Employment, Income and Earnings for Macroeconomic Modelers
Fox, Louise - 2015
This paper reviews the evidence on how households in Sub-Saharan Africa segment along consumption, income and earning dimensions relevant for quantitative macroeconomic policy models which incorporate heterogeneity. Key findings include the importance of home-grown food in the income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014412103