Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … relax limits for immigrants in order to control migration inflows better. To this end, we use a real option approach to … migration choice that assumes that the decision to migrate can be described as an irreversible investment decision. In our model …

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of refugee migration, with emphasis on the current refugee crisis. After …

This paper examines the role of cultural factors in driving the politics and shape of migration policy. We show that … equilibria: some countries have mostly temporary migration programs and see a low degree of cultural assimilation by the migrants …

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 migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …

the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in …