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The inequality-growth relationship : an empirical reassessment

Kolev-Schaefer, Galina; Niehues, Judith - 2016 - Working paper version

inequality and economic growth, implying the conclusion that inequality reducing policies will foster economic growth. The … likely to suffer from a severe weak instrument problem in the inequality-growth setting because lagged differences of … inequality have practically no explanatory power for current inequality levels. Thus, it is biased in the direction of OLS and …

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Self-employment and migration

Giambra, Samuele; McKenzie, David J. - 2019

There is a widespread policy view that a lack of job opportunities at home is a key reason for migration, accompanied by suggestions of the need to spend more on creating these opportunities so as to reduce migration. Self-employment is widespread in poor countries, and faced with a lack of...

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Disruptive effects of natural disasters : the 1906 San Francisco Fire

Schwank, Hanna M. - 2024 - This version: June 18, 2024

Natural disasters are growing in frequency globally. Understanding how vulnerable populations respond to these disasters is essential for effective policy response. This paper explores the short- and long-run consequences of the 1906 San Francisco Fire, one of the largest urban fires in American...

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Gravity models : a tool for migration analysis : availability of bilateral data on migratory flows has renewed interest in using gravity models to identify migration determinants

Ramos, Raúl - 2016

Gravity models have long been popular for analyzing economic phenomena related to the movement of goods and services, capital, or even people; however, data limitations regarding migration flows have hindered their use in this context. With access to improved bilateral (country to country) data,...

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Gravity predictions of international migration flows

Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; López Molina, Gonzalo - 2024

What is the future of international migration flows? The growing availability of bilateral international migration data has resulted in an improved understanding of the determinants of migration flows through the estimation of theory-based gravity models. However, the use of these models as a...

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Understanding international migration : evidence from a new dataset of bilateral stocks (1960-2000)

Llull, Joan - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 7 (2016) 2, pp. 221-255

In this paper I present a new database of bilateral migrant stocks and I provide newevidence on the determinants of international migration. The newCensusbased data are obtained from National Statistical Offices of 24 OECD countries, and they cover the total stock of immigrants in each...

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Who is an internal migrant?

Sharma, Rasadhika; Grote, Ulrike - 2019

There is no internationally accepted definition of an internal migrant. Different surveys and academic papers use varied definitions that are open to subjectivity. Our paper stresses this issue and tests the sensitivity of results obtained by econometric analysis to the use of different defining...

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Forced migration and mortality

Bauer, Thomas K.; Giesecke, Matthias; Janisch, Laura M. - 2017

We examine the long-run effects of forced migration from Eastern Europe into post-war Germany. Existing evidence suggests that displaced individuals are worse off economically, facing a considerably lower income and a higher unemployment risk than comparable natives even twenty years after being...

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Forced migration and mortality

Bauer, Thomas K.; Giesecke, Matthias; Janisch, Laura M. - 2017

We examine the long-run effects of forced migration from Eastern Europe into postwar Germany. Existing evidence suggests that displaced individuals are worse off economically, facing a considerably lower income and a higher unemployment risk than comparable natives even twenty years after being...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734801

Environmental disasters and migration

Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015

This paper reviews the effect of environmental disasters on migration. Although there is an increase of environmental disasters and migration over the past years, the relationship is complex. While some authors find that environmental disasters increase migration, others show that they have only...

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