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Effects of Migration on Sending Countries: lessons from Bulgaria.

Markova, Eugenia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Research on Bulgarian migration has been rather sketchy often based on small purposive samples in selected host … countries or on macro data of unreliable quality from Bulgaria itself. A thorough understanding of the impacts of migration for … benefits of migration. This paper aims to enhance this understanding by offering an historical overview of migration dynamics …

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Is the medical brain drain beneficial? Evidence from overseas doctors in the UK

Kangasniemi, Mari; Winters, L. Alan; Commander, Simon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

The ¿beneficial brain drain¿ hypothesis suggests that skilled migration can be good for a sending country because the … degree of screening of migrants by the host country is limited and that the possibility of migration actually encourages home … country residents to obtain education. We studied the implications of doctors¿ migration by conducting a survey among overseas …

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Hundi/hawala: the problem of definition

Martin, Marina B.V. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

In contemporary times, hundi has collected countless labels; the international press has spurned innumerable villainous descriptions, the bulk of which have helped to perpetuate a dense fog of notoriety. The critical problem lies in definition. As there is an incomplete understanding of hundi's...

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Local economic conditions and the nature of new housing supply

Hilber, Christian A. L.; Rouwendal, Jan; Vermeulen, Wouter - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

migration and is hindered by strict local land use control. Our findings imply that tight regulation may hamper metro area level …

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Agglomeration in a global economy: a survey

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Puga, Diego - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997

This review of recent contributions reveals common conclusions about the effects of integration on location. For high trade costs, the need to supply markets locally encourages firms to spread across different regions. Integration weakens the incentives for self-sufficiency and for intermediate...

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The rise and fall of regional inequalities

Puga, Diego - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1996

This paper analyses how the degree of regional integration affects regional differences in production structures and income levels. With high transport costs, industry is spead across regions to meet final consumer demad. As transport costs fall, increasing returns interacting with labour...

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Does cultural diversity help innovation in cities: evidence from London firms

Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

London is one of the world’s major cities, and one of its most diverse. London’s cultural diversity is widely seen as a social asset, but there is little hard evidence on its importance for the city’s businesses. Theory and evidence suggest various links between urban cultural diversity...

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Self-selection and the performance of return migrants: the source country perspective

De Coulon, Augustin; Piracha, Matloob - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

In this paper, using the framework of a Roy theoretical model, we examine the performance of return migrants in Albania. We ask two main questions: (i) Had they chosen not to migrate, what would be the performance of return migrants compared to the non-migrants? and (ii) What would be the...

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Networks in the premodern economy: the market for London apprenticeships, 1600-1749

Leunig, Tim; Minns, Chris; Wallis, Patrick - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

This paper examines the importance of social and geographical networks in structuring entry into skilled occupations in premodern London. Using newly digitised records of those beginning an apprenticeship in London between 1600 and 1749, we find little evidence that networks strongly shaped...

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Drivers of housing choice among rural-to-urban migrants: evidence from Taiyuan

Li, Bingqin; Duda, Mark; An, Xiangsheng - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

the transitional economic environment and individual migration characteristics. The analysis finds a more limited role for …

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