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Poverty, inequality and migration in Latin America

Klasen, Stephan (ed.); Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas (ed.) - Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America / … - 2008 - 1. Aufl.

The causes and consequences of high inequality in incomes, assets, and many aspects of well-being in Latin America have recently (re-)emerged as a central research and policy issue. However, many open questions remain that will be dealt with in the contributions to this volume. First, the...

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Poverty, inequality and migration in Latin America

Klasen, Stephan (ed.) - 2008 - 1. Aufl.

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Economic obstacles to expanding intra-African trade

Longo, Robert; Sekkat, Khalid - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 32 (2004) 8, pp. 1309-1321

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Globalization, brain drain and development

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011

high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant pattern of international migration and a major aspect of globalization. We … migration ; globalization …

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A gendered assessment of the brain drain

Docquier, Frédéric (contributor); … - 2007

This paper updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on international migration by educational attainment. We use new sources, homogenize definitions of what a migrant is, and compute gender-disaggregated indicators of the brain drain. Emigration stocks and rates are provided by level of...

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International migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility

Beine, Michel (contributor); … - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more...

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Brain drain and its determinants : a major issue for small states

Beine, Michel (contributor); … - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states' overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...

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Measuring skilled emigration rates : the case of small states

Docquier, Frédéric (contributor); … - 2008

globalization, the international movement of people, with emphasis on the mobility of skilled people. This issue is of great concern …

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Brain drain and inequality across nations

Docquier, Frédéric (contributor) - 2006

Is the brain drain a curse or a boon for developing countries? This paper reviews what is known to date about the magnitude of the brain drain from developing to developed countries, its determinants and the way it affects the well-being of those left behind. First, I present alternative...

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The costs of favoritism : is politically-driven aid less effective?

Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2010

World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated – such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …

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