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This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are … change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment … endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wages and higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are …
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This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions andinterregional migration are … reduceswages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by auniform unemployment compensation, which … endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wagesand higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964363
This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are … change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment … endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wages and higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264226
This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are … change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment … endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wages and higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405804
This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are … change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment … endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wages and higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012766901
We develop a model of directed technological change, frictional unemployment and migration to examine the effects of a …, an increase in the skill ratio can reduce the relative unemployment rate of skilled workers and decrease the relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374349
We investigate the impact of home country institutions on the skill level of immigrants to the United States over 1988-1998. Specifically, we explore the hypothesis that institutions are multidimensional and that the different dimensions have conflicting impacts on the migration of skilled...
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“educated unemployment” and overeducation in developing countries, as well as a brain drain from these countries. A simulation … suggests that the costs of “educated unemployment” and overeducation can amount to significant losses for the individuals … drain ; Human capital formation ; “Educated unemployment” ; Overeducation ; Social welfare …
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This paper provides a novel explanation of “educated unemployment,” which is a salient feature of the labor markets in … a number of developing countries. In a simple job-search framework we show that “educated unemployment” is caused by the … developing country may end up with more educated workers despite the brain drain and educated unemployment. -- International …
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We develop a model of directed technology adoption, frictional unemployment, and migration to examine the effects of a … function, an increase in the skill ratio can reduce both the relative unemployment rate and the relative emigration rate (brain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014104081