This paper asks whether history can shed light on the modern debate about immigration's labour market impact in high … wage economies. It examines the relationship between migration and capital flows in the age of mass migration before 1914 …, the so-called first global century. It then assesses the effects of immigration on wages and employment with and without …

This paper summarizes the study design of the Rural–Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI) project. We first … identifying the migration status of each household in the sampling frame, using a presurvey listing. This is followed by a …

different levels of migration frictions. We bring the model to the data for the whole world economy at a 1º times 1º geographic … resolution. We then use the model to quantify the gains from relaxing migration restrictions as well as to describe the evolution … of the distribution of economic activity in the different migration scenarios. Our results indicate that fully …

children who do not belong to the ruling caste, migration is a social mobility factor that is enhanced by formal schooling …

We study how smugglers respond to different types of migration policies - legalisation through the sale of migration … controlling migration flows faces a trade-off. Eliminating smugglers by the sale of visas increases the flows of migrants and may … reinforced external and internal controls- and sale of visas may be effective at eliminating smugglers and controlling migration …

TBVC and non-TBVC areas after the repeal of migration restrictions. The results show that although drought has significant …

among self-employed in the rural areas, while at the same time it supported an inter-state migration trend from rural areas … inducing geographic-sectoral migration. …

determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development …. The results indicate that while there is a strong and positive impact associated with overall migration, the national …

migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where … look at the geography of migration across US counties in the 48 continental states. We then link this settlement pattern of … number of factors which may have influenced both the location of migrants at the time of migration, as well as for the …

externalities from migration reduced local welfare gains by half. …