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consequences of emigration from developing countries and the motivations behind the restrictions imposed by the developed countries …
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The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those … suggest something quite different: that over the course of a "mobility transition", emigration generally rises with economic … development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …
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emigration (as measured by the natives' average emigration rate) has a positive effect on home-country institutional development …International migration is an important determinant of institutions, not considered so far in the development …
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This paper critiques the last decade of research on the effects of high-skill emigration from developing countries, and … literature, calling it the Lump of Learning model of human capital and development, and describes five ways that research has … Lump of Learning model, pointing toward a new paradigm for research on skilled migration and development. …
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This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and emerging economies. It documents the role of diaspora networks in enhancing cross-border flows of goods, capital, and knowledge, eventually contributing to efficient...
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entrepreneurship in the process of economic development. In doing so, we show that the standard policy response to migrants and migrant … the answers, (iv) Does migration matter for development? We conclude that one must avoid seeing migrants as super … development in both sending and receiving countries, not least through reducing the shares of migrants that are reluctant …
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even return home at some time with better human capital. Functioning diasporas can lead to stable factors of development …. Policies in receiving developed countries towards migrants can enhance the positive impact of migration for development. Among … an effective development policy. …
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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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Slow onset climate change has the potential to cause significant migration flows. Scientists have recently made considerable efforts to quantify these flows based on empirical methods. However, the literature on international migration has failed to come to a clear conclusion as many studies...
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significant effect on development and economic growth in 28 member states. However, the findings also indicate that some countries … migration has indeed contributed to economic development in all member states over the period analysed, it has not necessarily …
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