estimate the dynamic response of regional employment, unemployment, participation rates and net migration to state … decreased over time, suggesting less overall net migration in response to a regional shock, (ii) the role of the participation … rate as absorber of regional shocks has increased, (iii) the response of net migration to regional shocks is stronger …

This paper quantifies the magnitude and nature of migration flows from the Caribbean and estimates their costs and … migration rates are particularly striking for the highskilled. Many countries have lost more than 70 percent of their labor … in 2002. Simple welfare calculations suggest that the losses due to high-skill migration (ceteris paribus) outweigh the …

This paper examines the macroeconomic impact of migration on income convergence in the EU's New Member States (NMS …

out-migration in SSA. …

using macroeconomic data on employment, unemployment, participation, and (for Canada) migration and real wages. We find that … flexible, particularly with regard to migration, while those further east are less so. …

China is on the eve of a demographic shift that will have profound consequences on its economic and social landscape …, along with anecdotes of rapidly rising migrant wages and episodic labor shortages, has raised questions about whether China … labor shortage economy. Crossing this threshold will have far-reaching implications for both China and the rest of the world …

sector and that its rapid growth is now mostly driven by China. Our econometric results suggest that green investment is …