international migration from developing to developed countries. In addition, we look at the relationship between trade, development … and migration. Empirical studies focusing on international migration from Less Developed Countries (LDCs) are, so far …, very scarce. In this paper, we utilize a new dataset that is based on migration to Germany from 86 African and Asian …

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 …

This paper presents a critical survey of theories of migration, their welfare and policy implications and their … empirical relevance. We also develop some extensions to the theory beginning with a general encompassing model of migration … the wage gap between an advanced and a backward region to reduce the rate of migration, follows from the standard model …

As exemplified in the 1995 Mediterranean Declaration of the European Union, migration has become a major concern for …-North migration flows is envisaged. This new approach is examined by analysing the causes of asylum migration from developing … migration, at least in the medium run, although restrictive legal measures do work. Migration control by international …

controlling migration flows faces a trade-off. Eliminating smugglers by the sale of visas increases the flows of migrants and may …We study how smugglers respond to different types of migration policies - legalisation through the sale of migration … changing the price they propose to illegal migrants. In this context a government that aims at eradicating smugglers and …

which determines economic development differences to this day? Does the national origin of migrants matter for long …-term development? This paper explores whether the distinct geographical settlement patterns of European migrants according to national … identify where migrants from different nationalities settled and then regresses these patterns on current levels of economic …

number of factors which may have influenced both the location of migrants at the time of migration, as well as for the …This paper examines the extent to which the distinct settlement pattern of migrants arriving in the US during the big … migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where …