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Integration, mobility, and human capital formation

Haupt, Alexander; Übelmesser, 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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A note on brain gain and brain drain : permanent migration and education policy

Haupt, Alexander; Krieger, Tim; Lange, Thomas - 2010

In this note, we present a novel channel for a brain gain. Students from a developing country study in a developed host country. A higher permanent migration probability of these students appears to be a brain drain for the developing country in the first place. However, it induces the host...

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Technology, market structure and the gains from trade

Impullitti, Giammario; Licandro, Omar; Rendahl, Pontus - 2017

We study the gains from trade in an economy with oligopolistic competition, firm heterogeneity, and innovation …. In addition to markups, selection and innovation provide additional channels through which the trade-induced effect on … channels; we find that innovation plays a small but non-negligible role, while the main component is equally split between the …

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Technology, market structure and the gains from trade

Impullitti, Giammario; Licandro, Omar; Rendahl, Pontus - 2021

We study the gains from trade in a model with oligopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms and innovation, and … concentration contributes substantially to the gains from trade, mostly via its stimulating effect on innovation. Sizeable gains …

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