La migración es un desafío de desarrollo. Unos 184 millones de personas —el 2,5 % de la población mundial— viven fuera de su país de nacionalidad. Casi la mitad de ellos se encuentran en países de ingreso bajo y mediano. Pero ¿qué les depara el destino? El mundo se esfuerza por hacer...

Places do well when they promote transformations along the dimensions of economic geography: higher densities as cities grow; shorter distances as workers and businesses migrate closer to density; and fewer divisions as nations lower their economic borders and enter world markets to take...

"An apparent temporary narrowing of income inequality has been observed during several recent banking crises. But it would be a mistake to conclude that such crises don't matter for the poor. For one thing, the correlation is not strong, and the opposite pattern has also been present. Besides,...

"This paper compares the wages of workers inside the United States to the wages of observably identical workers outside the United States-controlling for country of birth, country of education, years of education, work experience, sex, and rural-urban residence. This is made possible by new and...