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Immigration and Economic Growth in the OECD Countries 1986-2006

Boubtane, Ekrame; Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Rault, Christophe - 2015

This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 … capital on GDP per capita, and second, a permanent increase in migration ows has a positive effect on productivity growth …. However, the growth impact of immigration is small even in countries that have highly selective migration policies. …

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COVID-19, Working from Home and the Potential Reverse Brain Drain

Bakalova, Irina; Fidrmuc, Jan; Berlinschi, Ruxanda; … - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a substantial increase in the prevalence of working from home among white-collar occupations. This can have important implications for the future of the workplace and quality of life. We discuss an additional implication, which we label reverse brain drain: the...

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Self-confirming immigration policy

Giordani, Paolo E.; Ruta, Michele - 2012

We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this interaction multiple equilibria may arise,...

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International Migration of Skilled Workers with Endogenous Policies

Djajic, Slobodan; Michael, Michael S. - 2014

We study the interaction between the optimal immigration policy of a host country and education policy of a source country in a model of international migration of skilled workers. Acquisition of human capital is driven by the academic and career opportunities at home and abroad. Greater...

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Guest-worker migration, human capital and fertility

Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2011

This work focuses on a temporary guest-worker-type migration of individuals from the middle class of the wealth distribution. The article demonstrates that the possibility of a lowskilled guest-worker employment in a higher wage foreign country lowers the relative attractiveness of the skilled...

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Integration, mobility, and human capital formation

Haupt, Alexander; Uebelmesser, Silke - 2010

In this note, we show that labour market integration can be a double-edged sword. In the presence of local human capital externalities, integration and the ensuing agglomeration of skilled labour can cause a decline in human capital and the total wage sum (net of education costs). In particular,...

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Firms Left Behind: Emigration and Firm Productivity

Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2017

This paper establishes a causal link between the emigration of skilled workers and firm performance in source countries. Using firm-level panel data from ten Eastern European countries, we show that the emigration of skilled workers lowers firm total factor productivity. We exploit time,...

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The Dynamics of Return Migration, Human Capital Accumulation, and Wage Assimilation

Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2021

This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model where individuals differ in ability and location preference to evaluate the mechanisms that affect the evolution of immigrants’ careers in conjunction with their re-migration plans. Our analysis highlights a novel form of selective return...

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The Dynamics of Return Migration, Human Capital Accumulation, and Wage Assimilation

Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Goerlach, Joseph-Simon - 2021

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The Dynamic Implications of Liberalizing Global Migration

Delogu, Marco; Docquier, Frédéric; Machado, Joël - 2014

This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and education decisions. We identify bilateral...

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