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The brain drain between knowledge-based economies : the European human capital outflow to the US

Tritah, Ahmed (contributor) - 2008

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Immigration and careers of European workers : effects and the role of policies

Cattaneo, Cristina; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Peri, Giovanni - 2014

In this paper we analyze the response of career, employment and wage of native Europeans to immigration. We then ask … flexible labor markets in a country are a key factor to have employment upgrading in response to immigration. …

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Managing migration through quotas : an option-theory perspective

Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2008

Recent European Legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … immigration quotas. On the other hand, there is an increase of regularization, i.e., European policies are becoming less tight …. Our aim here is to study these counterbalanced and opposite policies in European immigration legislation in a unified …

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Sex-differences in language and socio-emotional skills in early childhood

Bando Grana, Rosangela; López Bóo, Florencia; Li, Xia - 2016

This study explores sex differences in language and socio-emotional skills. It focuses on children 7 months old to 6 years old in Chile in 2012 and Nicaragua in 2013. A focus on young children allowed for ruling out a set of environmental and identity effects to explain the gap. Females had an...

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Labor market turnover and inequality in Latin America

Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino; Narita, Renata - 2023

This paper describes the patterns of worker turnover in selected Latin American countries and their implications for wage inequality. It documents a higher positive annual wage growth rate for job to job changers compared to stayers, due to turnover capturing the immediate gains from search...

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The migrant penalty in Latin America : experimental evidence from job recruiters

Zanoni, Wladimir; Fabregas, Raissa - 2024

We conducted an artifactual field experiment with human resource recruiters in Ecuador to investigate the extent to which migrants are penalized in the labor market. Human resource recruiters were hired to evaluate pairs of job candidates competing for jobs. The candidate profiles were...

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Structural change, environment and well-being : interactions between production and consumption choices of the rich and the poor in developing countries

Antoci, Angelo; Russu, Paolo; Ticci, Elisa - 2008

Vulnerability to scarcity or to reduction of natural capital depends on defensive substitution possibilities that, in turn, are affected by the availability of other productive factors. However, in several developing countries asset distribution tends to be highly skewed. Taking into ac- count...

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The impact of child work on cognitive development : results from four low to middle income countries

Keane, Michael P.; Krutikova, Sonya; Neal, Timothy - 2020

We study the impact of child work on cognitive development in four Low- and Middle-Income Countries. We advance the literature by using cognitive test scores collected regardless of school attendance. We also address a key gap in the literature by controlling for children’s complete time...

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Child labor, rainfall shocks, and financial inclusion : evidence from rural households

Bernal, Carolina; Vlaicu, Razvan - 2023

This paper examines how rural households cope with climate change related rainfall shocks by re-allocating children's time between domestic activities and school attendance. Households affected by an unanticipated rainfall shock face an inter-temporal trade-off between current household income...

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Re-thinking social protection : from poverty alleviation to building resilience in middle-income households

Cossío, Diego Alejandro Vera; Hoffmann, Bridget; … - 2023

We exploit an expansion in social protection to middle-income households to provide evidence on how middle-income households cope with economic shocks and how to build their resilience. We use a regression discontinuity design around the eligibility cutoff for a program that delivered monthly...

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