This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … and thus higher welfare, all else equal. Because of this effect, natives in countries that received a lot of migration … results show that the welfare impact of observed levels of migration is substantial, at about 5 to 10% for the main receiving …

such a net brain gain results in an increase in welfare and growth due to education’s positive externalities. This paper …) the impact on welfare and growth is smaller as well (for any brain gain size); iii) a positive brain gain is likely to … the stock of human capital may have a negative impact on welfare and growth; and v) in a dynamic framework, the paper …

value of labor mobility for economic prosperity and its determinants. Labor migration and not welfare migration dominates … the future a much higher level of circular and permanent migration. …

and labour market outcomes are also analysed, including how these relate to changes in the economy and migration policy …We examine changes in migration to the UK in the period leading up to the Great Recession and in its immediate … aftermath. In so doing, we pay particular attention to the changing countries of origin of recent migration flows to the UK …

. In addition, trade and migration are not equivalent if social capital is present: the highest welfare is obtained with … migration under the corner solution, the second highest welfare is obtained with trade, and the lowest welfare is obtained with … migration under the internal solution. The first two solutions (third solution) raise (may raise or reduce) welfare relative to …

Within the migration-trade nexus literature, this paper proposes a more carefully defined measure of migration business …

reasonable policy of wanted and unwanted migration should address the question of how to allocate scarce resources. Ignoring … migration flows are determined by immigration laws, the probability of potential detection, penalties for unauthorised migrants … to the problem of illegal migration, grounded on the economic theory of illegal behaviour. The framework considers the …