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 … education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …

This paper estimates the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on migration and other economic outcomes …. I develop a quantitative spatial model that captures the role of trade networks, migration barriers, and agricultural …, by the end of the century, reduces SSA real GDP per capita by 1.8 percent and displaces 4 million individuals. Migration …

replacement incomes implies migration into unemployment. Defending wages with replacement incomes brings about first …-order efficiency losses that outweigh the budget cost to the government. By contrast, wage subsidies involve much smaller welfare …) exclusion of migrants from a national subsidy program makes it possible to avoid a distortion of the migration pattern. …

: direct effects on health, nutrition, and wellbeing, and indirect effects through changes in economic systems, markets, and …

monitoring through routine health checkups for all young children (0-6 years) in China. Using data on the program's county … provide evidence of several underlying mechanisms, including improved physical and mental health, better educational outcomes …, increased cognitive skills, and sustained use of routine health checkups among adolescents. …

Culture is an under-studied determinant of health production and seldom measured. This paper empirically examines the … persistence and association of health capital assessments of first and second-generation migrants with that of their ancestral … countries. We draw on European data from 30 countries, including over 90 countries of birth and control for timing of migration …

evaluate the mechanisms that affect the evolution of immigrants' careers in conjunction with their re-migration plans. Our … analysis highlights a novel form of selective return migration where those who plan to stay longer invest more into skill …. Finally, our model provides important insight for the design of migration policies, showing that policies which initially …

Empirical studies show that years of schooling are positively correlated with good health. The implication may go from … education to health, from health to education, or from factors that influence both variables. We formalize a model that … determines an individual's demand for knowledge and health based on the causal effects, and study the impacts on the individual …

Economists use micro-based and macro-based approaches to assess the macroeconomic return to population health. The … the macroeconomic return to health. We reconcile the two approaches by controlling for the indirect effects of health … of health. Our results show that the macroeconomic return to health lies in the range of plausible microeconomic …