margin. The skill distribution is continuous, and, for each skill level, the distribution of migration cost is also … migration is decreasing in the skill level. When the semi-elasticity of migration is increasing in the skill level, either … negative. Numerical simulations are calibrated using plausible values of the semi-elasticity of migration for top income …

, productivity-enhancing migration margin, we determine how regional inequality and labor mobility affect optimal redistribution … are reduced by several percentage points if productivity enhancing migration is taken into account. Additionally, we study …

Katz and Rapoport (2005) conclude that with linear production technology and the possibility of unilateral migration … result with Cobb-Douglas technology and migration which may go in both directions. This paper shows that the exit option may …

In this first empirical analysis of how sanctions affect international migration, we apply two estimation strategies, a …, reflecting migration flows from 157 origin countries to 32 (largely OECD) destination countries between 1961 and 2018. The data … UN sanctions on international migration is smaller and less persistent. Moreover, the effects are driven by target …

migration records with panel data at the municipality level for the 1925-2021 period. The results reveal a substantially weaker …

We develop a quantitative spatial equilibrium model with endogenous migration and remittance decisions within … households to examine the joint effect of migration and remittances on economic development. We apply the model to internal … migration in China. Counterfactual analysis of the calibrated model shows that the presence of remittances increases migration …