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The labor market effects of immigration and emigration in OECD countries

Docquier, Frédéric; Ozden, Caglar; Peri, Giovanni - 2011

In this paper, we simulate the labor market effects of net immigration and emigration during the 1990's in all OECD … wage effects of immigration and emigration. We use a range of parameter values spanning most of the estimates in the … literature. In all cases we find that immigration had a positive effect on the wage of less educated natives. It also increased …

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The Changing Structure of Immigration to the OECD: What Welfare Effects on Member Countries?

Burzynski, Michal; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2018

We investigate the welfare implications of two pre-crisis immigration waves (1991– 2000 and 2001–2010) and of the post … channels of transmission of immigration shocks – the employment and wage effects, the fiscal effect, and the market size effect …-country heterogeneity in the economic benefits from immigration. …

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On the robustness of brain gain estimates

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2009

Recent theoretical studies suggest that migration prospects can raise the expected return to human capital and thus foster education investment at home or, in other words, induce a brain gain. In a recent paper (Beine, Docquier and Rapoport, Economic Journal, 2008) we used the Docquier and...

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Migration and Development: Dissecting the Anatomy of the Mobility Transition

Dao, Thu Hien; Docquier, Frédéric; Parsons, Christopher; … - 2016

Emigration first increases before decreasing with economic development. This bell-shaped relationship between emigration and development was first hypothesized by the theory of the mobility transition (Zelinsky, 1971). Although several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the upward segment...

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Birthplace Diversity and Economic Growth: Evidence from the US States in the Post-World War II Period

Docquier, Frédéric; Turati, Riccardo; Valette, Jérôme; … - 2018

This paper empirically revisits the impact of birthplace diversity on economic growth. We use panel data on US states over the 1960-2010 period. This rich data set allows us to better deal with endogeneity issues and to conduct a large set of robustness checks. Our results suggest that diversity...

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Optimal Education Policy and Human Capital Accumulation in the Context of Brain Drain

Djajic, Slobodan; Docquier, Frédéric; Michael, Michael S. - 2018

. As a further contribution, we study the interaction between the optimal immigration policy of the host country and …

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Brain drain in developing regions (1990 - 2000)

Docquier, Frédéric; Lohest, Olivier; Marfouk, Abdeslam - 2005

In this paper, we analyze the distribution of the brain drain in the LAC region (Latin America and the Caribbean), Asia and Africa. We rely on an original data set on international migration by educational attainment for 1990 and 2000. Our analysis reveals that the brain drain is strong in...

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A gendered assessment of the brain drain

Docquier, Frédéric; Lowell, B. Lindsay; Marfouk, Abdeslam - 2007

developing countries. We show that women represent an increasing share of the OECD immigration stock and exhibit relatively …

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Brain drain and its determinants: a major issue for small states

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states' overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...

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Measuring skilled emigration rates: the case of small states

Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - 2008

Recent changes in information and communication technologies (ICT) have contributed to a dramatic increase in the integration and interdependence of countries, markets and people. This paper focuses on an increasingly important aspect of globalization, the international movement of people, with...

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