In this paper we study theoretically and empirically the role of the interaction between skilled migration and …

of migration flows across Italian regions from 1970 to 2002. The empirical analysis is based on an accurate study of the … inversely related with net regional migration rate, while per capita GDP is strongly positively linked with it. As far as the … accommodating potential of internal migration to regional unbalances, we have detected very little room for such a role. Indeed, the …

continuum of tasks in each sector and we augment it to include immigrants with heterogeneous productivity in tasks. We use this … industries over the period 2000-2007 and find evidence in favor of a positive productivity effect such that immigration has a …

Ghana, like the rest of West Africa is experiencing tremendous human migration both internally and across international … boundaries. Rural-urban migration has assumed uncontrollable dimensions in the sub-region and the social consequences have become …

productivity using an original dataset of Italian manufacturing firms, and applying a two-stage probit least squares estimator. We … find a positive effect on productivity from outsourcing only if firms provide training for the workforce. This indirect … impact on productivity is independent of the type of activity outsourced and is bigger in the case of service outsourcing …