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difference, international trade, remittances, and a heterogeneous workforce. We compare welfare under the observed levels of … Canada or Australia -- are better off due to greater product variety available in consumption and as intermediate inputs. In … unskilled natives tend to experience welfare changes of opposite signs. The remaining natives in countries with large emigration …
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emigration life cycle since the 1960s, and, except for Africa, emigration rates have been level or even declining since a peak in … the late 1980s the early 1990s. The current economic crisis will serve only to accelerate those trends. The paper … estimates the economic and demographic fundamentals driving these Third World emigration life cycles to the United States since …
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This paper studies asymmetry of information and transfers within a unique data set of 712 extended family networks from Tanzania. Using cross-reports on asset holdings, we construct measures of misperception of income among all pairs of households belonging to the same network. We show that...
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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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High-skilled emigration has been found to affect developing economies via different channels. With a calibrated general …, as it does not only determine the number of high-skilled workers available to domestic production, but it affects the … effects, those countries facing prevalent high-skilled emigration are the most candid victims to brain drain. …
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We study the determinants of 19th century mass migration with special attention to the role of institutional factors beside standard economic fundamentals. We find that economic forces associated with income and demographic differentials had a major role in the determination of this historical...
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OECD governments note rising immigration with alarm and grapple with policies aimed at selecting certain migrants and keeping out others. Economists appear to be well armed to advise governments since they are responsible for an impressive literature that examines the characteristics of...
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Despite their small number, Israeli economists have become an important fixture in the international academic scene. In recent years, this phenomenon has been characterized by an additional attribute: the number of Israelis who have chosen to leave the country’s universities - or not to return...
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Israel, is over twice the overall academic emigration rates (at all levels) from European countries. Signs of what is …
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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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