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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 …
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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 …
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children who do not belong to the ruling caste, migration is a social mobility factor that is enhanced by formal schooling …
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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 …
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This paper evaluates the global welfare impact of observed levels of migration using a quantitative multi-sector model … migration to a no-migration counterfactual. In the long run, natives in countries that received a lot of migration -- such as … the short run the impact of migration on average welfare in these countries is close to zero, while the skilled and …
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affects the spatial distribution of economic activity, trade, migration, growth, and welfare. We assess quantitatively the … impact of migration and trade restrictions, energy taxes, and innovation subsidies. …
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Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population threatens the fiscal sustainability of its pension system, a key vehicle for intergenerational redistribution. We analyze the positive and normative effects of alternative pension...
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TBVC and non-TBVC areas after the repeal of migration restrictions. The results show that although drought has significant …
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mechanisms within the currency region. We concentrate on four such mechanisms, relative wage adjustment, migration, net fiscal … flows and bank flows. Only in Latvia was there any relative wage adjustment. Intra-EU migration has increased, but is more …
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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. …
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