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Visas and work permits : possible global negotiating initiatives
Ng, Chi-Yung (contributor); Whalley, John (contributor) - 2005
by national governments around the world. We first describe and document some of their effects, noting the relative lack …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003297547
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Genetic distance and international migrant selection
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Ruhose, Jens - 2015 - This version: July 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300374
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Do natural hazards cause international migration?
Gröschl, Jasmin Katrin; Steinwachs, Thomas - 2016
with the World Bank’s Global Bilateral Migration Database. Overall, our results suggest little evidence that natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011551039
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Brexit and foreign students in gravity
Davies, Ronald B.; Specht, Lena S. - 2024
This paper examines the impact of Brexit on international student migration. In a structural gravity model, we estimate student migration between 69 countries for counterfactual scenarios in which the United Kingdom leaves the European Union one year before the referendum. This exercise reveals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014470430
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International migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice W. - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries’ fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806017
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Diasporas
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Özden, Çağlar - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824981
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Climatic factors as determinants of international migration
Beine, Michel; Parsons, Christopher A. - 2012 - This version: February 2012
We examine environmental factors as potential determinants of international migration. We distinguish between unexpected short-run factors, captured by natural disasters, as well as long-run climate change and climate variability. Building on a simple neo-classical model we use a panel dataset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009503816
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Brain drain in the age of mass migration : does relative inequality explain migrant selectivity?
Stolz, Yvonne; Baten, Jörg - 2012
Brain drain is a core economic policy problem for many developing countries today. Does relative inequality in source and destination countries influence the brain-drain phenomenon? We explore human capital selectivity during the period 1820-1909.We apply age heaping techniques to measure human...
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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 … are gradual and cumulative. In case of a complete liberalization, the world average level of GDP per worker increases by …
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Global talent flows
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Özden, Çağlar; … - 2016
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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