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The Geography of Development: Evaluating Migration Restrictions and Coastal Flooding
Desmet, Klaus; Nagy, David Krisztián; Rossi-Hansberg, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We study the relationship between geography and growth. To do so, we first develop a dynamic spatial growth theory with realistic geography. We characterize the model and its balanced growth path and propose a methodology to analyze equilibria with different levels of migration frictions. We...
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Brain drain in globalization: A general equilibrium analysis from the sending countries’ perspective
Docquier, Frédéric; Marchiori, Luca; Shen, I-Ling - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
High-skilled emigration has been found to affect developing economies via different channels. With a calibrated general … effects, those countries facing prevalent high-skilled emigration are the most candid victims to brain drain. …
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What Determines Immigrations' Impact? Comparing Two Global Centuries
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper asks whether history can shed light on the modern debate about immigration's labour market impact in high wage economies. It examines the relationship between migration and capital flows in the age of mass migration before 1914, the so-called first global century. It then assesses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656429
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A Dual Policy Paradox: Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in Labour-Scarce Economies?
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Today's labour-scarce economies have open trade and closed immigration policies, while a century ago they had just the opposite, open immigration and closed trade policies. Why the inverse policy correlation, and why has it persisted for almost two centuries? This paper seeks answers to this...
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The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China's Great Famine
Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
In the past century, more people have perished from famine than from the two World Wars combined. Many more were exposed to famine and survived. Yet we know almost nothing about the long run impact of famine on these survivors. This paper addresses this question by estimating the effect of...
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The Economics of Temporary Migrations
Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
Many migrations are temporary – a fact that has often been ignored in the economic literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected migration temporariness can impart a distinct dynamic element to immigrants’ economic behavior, generating possible consequences for...
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China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
Constant, Amelie; Meng, Jingzhou; Tien, Bienvenue; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable achievements in education as well as its...
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Sale of Visas: A Smuggler's Final Song?
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Mesnard, Alice - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We study how smugglers respond to different types of migration policies - legalisation through the sale of migration visas, or more traditional repressive policies through borders' enforcement, employers' sanctions or deportation - by changing the price they propose to illegal migrants. In this...
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European migration, national origin and long-term economic development in the US
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; von Berlepsch, Viola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
which determines economic development differences to this day? Does the national origin of migrants matter for long …-term development? This paper explores whether the distinct geographical settlement patterns of European migrants according to national … origin affected economic development across US counties. It uses micro-data from the 1880 and 1910 censuses in order to …
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When migrants rule: the legacy of mass migration on economic development in the US
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; von Berlepsch, Viola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where … migrants to current levels of local development – proxied by GDP per capita at county level in 2005 – while controlling for a … economic development of the county today. The results of the econometric analysis including instrumental variables underline …
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