This paper examines the interaction between migration policies of the host and source countries in the context of a … model of guest-worker migration. For the host, the objective is to provide low-cost labor for its employers while avoiding … seeks remittance flows and return migration by offering fiscal benefits to returnees. Within this framework, we solve for …

word-matching methods and sentiment dictionaries. Empirically, culture narratives are more common than economy …

the net benefits of migration for future migrants by lowering assimilation costs ('self-selection' channel) and increase … externality is strong: the elasticity of migration flows to network size is around one. Second, only a quarter of this elasticity …