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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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? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively …
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immobile individuals to become skilled. -- human capital ; migration ; labour market integration ; agglomeration …
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Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … relax limits for immigrants in order to control migration inflows better. To this end, we use a real option approach to … migration choice that assumes that the decision to migrate can be described as an irreversible investment decision. In our model …
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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 … education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …
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This article analyzes the effect of migration from a less advanced economy to a more advanced economy on economic … are incorporated. The model shows that out-migration increases fertility and reduces human capital in the source economy …. At the same time, in-migration reduces fertility and can increase or decrease the average level of human capital in the …
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During the Great Recession, immigrants reacted to the drop in labour demand in Spain through internal migration or …
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selective out-migration literature, our basic structure assumes that the process that determines out-migration is unrelated to …
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therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … border and to airports to account for endogenous migration patterns. Results are robust to estimations using first …
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The effect of Brexit is an important topic in the European and British political agendas. This study examines the perspective of the EU countries, with regards how British citizens working in an EU country reacted to the end of free movement of workers. Employing synthetic control methods and...
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