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The Effect of the Real Oil Price on Regional Wage Dispersion
Kehrig, Matthias - 2017
We find that oil supply shocks decrease average real wages, particularly skilled wages, and increase wage dispersion across regions, particularly unskilled wage dispersion. In a model with spatial energy intensity differences and nontradables, labor demand shifts, while explaining the response...
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Wages, Human Capital, and Structural Transformation
Herrendorf, Berthold - 2017
Average wages are considerably lower in agriculture than in the other sectors. We document this fact for thirteen countries ranging from rich (Canada, U.S.) to poor (India, Indonesia). We develop a measure of human capital that accounts for the selection of workers with different unobserved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956718
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Peer Effects in the Workplace
Cornelissen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Schönberg, Uta - 2021
Existing evidence on peer effects in a work environment stems from either laboratory experiments or from real-word studies referring to a specific firm or specific occupation. Yet, it is unclear to what extent these findings apply to the labor market in general. In this paper, therefore, we...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317391
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International Migration of Skilled Workers with Endogenous Policies
Djajic, Slobodan - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054317
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Taxing Human Capital Efficiently When Qualified Labour is Mobile
Richter, Wolfram F.; Kunze, Lars - 2021
The paper studies the effect that skilled labour mobility has on efficient education policy. The model is one of two periods in which a representative taxpayer decides on labour, education, and saving. The government can only use linear tax and subsidy instruments. It is shown that the mobility...
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Migration and Trade
Egger, Peter H. - 2011
Theoretical and empirical research in economics suggests that bilateral migration triggers bilateral trade through a number of channels. This paper assesses the functional form of the impact of migration on trade flows in a quasi-experimental setting. We provide evidence that the relationship is...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059032
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Genetic Distance and International Migrant Selection
Krieger, Tim - 2015
This paper looks at the effect of the relatedness of two countries, measured by their genetic distance, on educational migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 main destination countries in 2000 and show that...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315893