experiment in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. Our most intensive … treatment doubled the rate of job offers but had no identifiable effect on international labor migration. Even the highest … conclude that unilateral migration facilitation will at most induce a trickle, not a flood, of additional emigration …

an unusual weather pattern depend crucially on actuarial models for determining event (e.g., default) probabilities. In …

We survey the microeconomics literature that studies how firms in the developing world are adapting to extreme weather …

Key methodologies used for managing weather risks have relied on the assumption that climate is not changing and that … the historic weather record is therefore representative of current risks. Anthropogenic climate change upends this … distribution, with associated costs for weather risk management and risk-averse decision-makers. These costs result purely from the …

previous Latin American immigrants falls when controlling for out-migration. This highlights the importance of controlling for … out-migration not only of natives but also of previous immigrants in regional studies of immigration …

for rain is more likely among ethnic groups dependent on intensive agriculture for subsistence and that ethnic groups …

Climate change increases weather variability, exacerbating agricultural risk in poor countries. Risk-averse farmers are …

-related welfare state policy entails both fiscal issues and migration issues. The paper employs a general-equilibrium model with a …, capital income taxation, migration curbs on low skilled and high skilled, driven by the ageing of the population. Greater … generosity of the welfare state comes together with policy of a more liberal migration policy -- incentive compatible with the …