restrictions. Exploting this exogenous variation, we study the effect of migration on urbanisation and the distribution of … population. In particular, we test if migration inflows led to displacement, path dependence, or agglomeration in destination … migration shocks can foster urbanisation in the medium run …

constraints), they have not been examined in a systematic way. In this paper, we develop a novel migration accounting methodology … and use it to quantify the main drivers of the mobility transition curve.Our analysis distinguishes between migration …-middle-income countries. Finally, our methodology sheds light on the microfoundations of migration decisions …

the 1920s to identify the causal effects of the immigration restriction on the US manufacturing wages, the Great Migration …

Cultural differences play an important role in shaping migration patterns. The conventional proxies for cross country … tractable model for international migration which explicitly allows for the time varying and asymmetric dimensions of cultural … dimensional fixed effects which enables for the identification of the impact of cultural proximity on migration over and beyond …

This paper examines the determinants of long-term international migration to the UK; we explore the extent to which … migration is driven by macroeconomic variables (GDP per capita, unemployment rate) as well as law and policy (the existence of … macroeconomic variables – UK GDP growth and GDP at origin – are significant drivers of migration flows; evidence for the impact of …

With worldwide migration becoming increasingly prevalent in policy agendas over the past several decades, understanding …

Previous literature shows that internal migration rates are strongly procyclical. This would seem to imply that … the case. I document that net in-migration rates decreased in areas more affected by the Great Recession. Using various IV … conclude that internal migration might help to alleviate up to one third of the effects of the crisis on wages in the most …

Internal migration can substantially improve labor market efficiency. Consequently, policy is often targeted towards … reducing the barriers workers face in moving to new labor markets. In this paper we explicitly model internal migration as the … for the pattern of internal migration that results. Unlike standard search models, we assume that job seekers do not know …

Previous studies of migration have mainly examined international dynamics. Yet, internal migration is an important … survey, this paper examines internal migration in Ethiopia, focusing on the linkages among internal migration, education and … reap higher returns from their education as a main effect, as well as higher returns to their education from migration than …