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"Human capital is typically viewed as generating a number of desirable outcomes, including economic growth. Yet, in spite of its importance, few empirical studies have explored why some economies accumulate more human capital than others. This paper attempts to do so using a sample of more than...
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"One of the most robust findings emerging from studies of industrial agglomeration is the rise in productivity that tends to accompany it. What most studies have not addressed, however, is the potential role played by human capital externalities in driving this relationship. This paper seeks to...
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This paper examines illegal immigration in a spatial context. Consider two countries: a source and a host of illegal … immigration. Both countries produce the same good employing labor. There are legal restrictions to the movement of labor across … source country. The host country controls illegal immigration using two alternative policy instruments: (i) it devotes …
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