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The Dynamic Implications of Liberalizing Global Migration

Delogu, Marco - 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 … are gradual and cumulative. In case of a complete liberalization, the world average level of GDP per worker increases by …

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On the Political Economy of High Skilled Migration and International Trade

Bougheas, Spiros; Nelson, Douglas - 2021

We develop a two-country, two-sector model with a continuum of workers to address the link between migration and trade where policy is determined by a simple referendum. In particular, we address two questions. First, are states already in free trade areas more likely to support full integration...

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Are Migration Policies that Induce Skilled (Unskilled) Migration Beneficial (Harmful) for the Host Country?

Michael, Michael S. - 2021

This paper investigates the welfare consequences of immigration policies in a model with two types of labour, skilled and unskilled, and international capital mobility. The paper examines the effect of government policies - which change the immigration cost and causes immigration of one type of...

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Migration into the Welfare State : Tax and Migration Competition

Razin, Assaf - 2013

In this paper I provide some support to the Tiebout hypothesis. It suggests that when a group of host countries faces an upward supply of immigrants, tax competition does not indeed lead to a race to the bottom; competition may lead to higher taxes than coordination. We identify a fiscal...

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Diasporas

Beine, Michel A. R. - 2009

Migration flows are shaped by a complex combination of self-selection and out-selection mechanisms. In this paper, we analyze how existing diasporas (the stock of people born in a country and living in an another one) affect the size and human-capital structure of current migration flows. Our...

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Do Natural Hazards Cause International Migration?

Gröschl, Jasmin - 2016

with the World Bank's Global Bilateral Migration Database. Overall, our results suggest little evidence that natural …

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The Cultural Diffusion of the Fertility Transition : Evidence from Internal Migration in 19th Century France

Daudin, Guillaume - 2016

France experienced the demographic transition before richer and more educated countries. This paper offers a novel explanation for this puzzle that emphasizes the diffusion of culture and information through internal migration. It tests how migration affected fertility by building a decennial...

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The Economics of Temporary Migrations

Dustmann, Christian - 2015

Many migrations are temporary – a fact that has often been ignored in the economic literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected migration temporariness can impart a distinct dynamic element to immigrants' economic behavior, generating possible consequences for...

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International Migration of Couples

Junge, Martin - 2014

We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....

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Global Talent Flows

Kerr, Sari Pekkala - 2017

The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we first review the landscape...

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