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This article studies the impact of immigration restriction policies on technology adoption in sending countries. From … Quota Act, a severely restrictive immigration law. In a difference-in-differences setting, we exploit variation in exposure …
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We study the interaction between the optimal immigration policy of a host country and education policy of a source … country, and attitudes to immigration in the host country. Of key interest are the implications for the optimal spending on … education in the source country and the optimal immigration quota of the host country. …
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The assumption that all migrations are permanent, which pervaded the early microdata-based research on immigrant career profiles, is not supported by the empirical evidence. Rather, many - if not most - migrations appear to be temporary. In this paper, therefore, we illustrate the estimation...
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With the ensuing immigration reform in the US, the paper shows that targeted skilled immigration into the R&D sector … have spillover benefits for the unskilled sector while immigration into the production sector will always reduce wage …' skill in R&D activities and intensity of inputs. Inclusive immigration policy requires inter-sectoral diffusion of ideas …
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With the ensuing immigration reform in the US, the paper shows that targeted skilled immigration into the R&D sector … have spillover benefits for the unskilled sector while immigration into the production sector will always reduce wage …’ skill in R&D activities and intensity of inputs. Inclusive immigration policy requires inter-sectoral diffusion of ideas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011862868
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a substantial increase in the prevalence of working from home among white-collar occupations. This can have important implications for the future of the workplace and quality of life. We discuss an additional implication, which we label reverse brain drain: the...
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Existing migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of immigration flows. They affect … the probability of potential migrants to obtain a visa through family reunification programs ("immigration policy" channel … illustration based on US immigration data by metropolitan area and country of origin. First, we show that the overall network …
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In this note, we present a novel channel for a brain gain. Students from a developing country study in a developed host country. A higher permanent migration probability of these students appears to be a brain drain for the developing country in the first place. However, it induces the host...
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This paper establishes a causal link between the emigration of skilled workers and firm performance in source countries. Using firm-level panel data from ten Eastern European countries, we show that the emigration of skilled workers lowers firm total factor productivity. We exploit time,...
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This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and...
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