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. …

estimate the dynamic response of regional employment, unemployment, participation rates and net migration to state …-relative labor demand shocks. We find that (i) the long-run effect of a state-specific shock on the state employment level has … decreased over time, suggesting less overall net migration in response to a regional shock, (ii) the role of the participation …

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. …

. Differences in labor taxation, unemployment benefit systems, and employment protection will need to be reduced. Improving …