This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 …-2006 and relies on a unique data set we compiled that allows us to distinguish net migration of the native- and foreign …-born populations by skill level. Specifically, after introducing migration in an augmented Solow-Swan model, we estimate a dynamic …

We analyse how spatial disparities in innovation activities, coupled with migration costs, affect economic geography … innovative firms. Migration costs, however, limit the concentration of economic activities in the most productive region …

This work focuses on a temporary guest-worker-type migration of individuals from the middle class of the wealth … economy would thus be negatively affected. -- migration ; human capital ; fertility ; brain drain ; economic growth …

, nevertheless, is restricted by migration of the young generations. This connection between political voting on intergenerational … case in which the young generations migration decision takes its effect on future pensions into account (strategic … migration) and the case in which it only reflects differentials in labor income (myopic migration). The paper also pays …

their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further … implications. Third, we review the national gatekeepers for skilled migration and broad differences in approaches used to select …