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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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This article analyzes whether foreign aid affects the net flows of refugees from recipient countries. Combining refugee … causal effects of a country’s aid receipts on both total refugee flows to the world and flows to donor countries. The …
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This paper studies the relationship between generalized trust, temperature fluctuations during the maize growing season, and international migration by asylum seekers. A priori generalized trust can be expected to have an ambiguous effect on migration. On the one hand, countries with higher...
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which it delivers distinctive testable predictions on the sign and direction of convergence. We then use the World Value …
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We analyze the long-run evolution of populism and explore the role of globalization in shaping such evolution. We use …-weighted average of populism scores of all parties) measures of the extent of populism. We show that levels of populism in the world … globalization shocks in a way which is closely linked to the skill structure of these shocks. Imports of low-skill labor intensive …
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refugees as opposed to all immigrants on aggregate. …
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We study out-group biases in attitudes toward refugees, and the effect of European Union (EU) immigration policies on … a randomly assigned group: Italian victims of violence or refugees fleeing wars in Ukraine or African countries. We also … employ a novel measure, the share donated in cash. While donations indicated less support for African and Ukrainian refugees …
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steps to address this gap, our study focuses on Switzerland, where mobility restrictions on exogenously assigned refugees …, especially for petty crimes and drug offenses. In light of limited (short-run) repercussions for refugees’ labor market …
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on both refugees and asylum-seekers coupled with a matching mechanism linking countries' and migrants' preferences. We …
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About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and … irregular migrants are self-selected. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World … Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and the self-selection and sorting of refugees and …
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