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externalities, quality of governance and increasing return to education. Whilst many scientists and international institutions …
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This paper investigates the long-term implications of climate change on local, interregional, and international … migration of workers. For nearly all of the world's countries, our micro-founded model jointly endogenizes the effects of …
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paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the …
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We extend the Lucas' 1988 model introducing two classes of agents with heterogeneous skills, discount factors and initial human capital endowments. We consider two regimes according to the planner's political constraints. In the first regime, that we call meritocracy, the planner faces...
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productivity varies across working environments. Using detailed Belgian linked employer-employee panel data for 1999-2010, they … find the existence of a significant, positive (negative) impact of over- (under-)education on firm productivity. Moreover …, their results show that the effect of over-education on productivity is stronger among firms: (i) with a higher share of …
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This paper studies whether skilled migrants contribute to the host country's 'productive efficiency' (Farrell, 1957) using input-output and immigration sectoral data for seven industries in twelve countries during the period 1999-2001. We find that skilled migrants contribute positively to a...
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inequality, and higher productivity growth through automation. In this paper we critically re-assess these predictions by (i … in endogenous growth theory, but modified to allow for demand-side constraints. This is a novel approach, given that … aggregate demand. A second is that the predictions of AI causing massive job losses and faster growth in productivity and GDP …
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total factor productivity and by the capital stock per capita. These variables suffice to calculate welfare changes within a … the degree of market competition. It applies to open economies as well, if total factor productivity is constructed using … productivity be constructed with prices and quantities as perceived by consumers, not firms. Thus, factor shares need to be …
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This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
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Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill …
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