source and five destination countries we find selective migration determined by relative anthropometric inequality in source …

, many studies of migration¡¯s impact on pensions often focus on aggregate outcomes ¨C system sustainability or distributive …

This paper examines the role of cultural factors in driving the politics and shape of migration policy. We show that … equilibria: some countries have mostly temporary migration programs and see a low degree of cultural assimilation by the migrants …

We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our …

We examine environmental factors as potential determinants of international migration. We distinguish between … on a simple neo-classical model we use a panel dataset of bilateral migration flows for the period 1960-2000, the time … whole, we find little direct impact of climatic change on international migration in the medium to long run across our …

An important issue in public policy debates is the effect of international migration on welfare in source and host … analysis examines the effects of permanent migration on class, and national welfare. We show, among other things, that marginal …

international migration have overlooked the role of short-run factors in explaining international migration flows. This paper aims … to fill that gap. We first derive a model of optimal migration choice based on an extension of the traditional Random … any origin country may trigger some additional migration flows on top of the impact exerted by long-run factors such as …

migration patterns. We apply instrumental variables (IV) approaches that capture the exogenous variance of bilateral trust …