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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania …. Using a 13-year panel survey, the authors find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to … migration of some categories of people. …

Nepal Living Standard Surveys and a Population Census and examine how the choice of a migration destination is influenced by …This paper examines migrants' choice of destination conditional on migration. To this end, we design an empirical … strategy which remedies both migration selection and unobserved heterogeneity problems. The study uses data from two rounds of …