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di Giovanni, Julian - 2014

flows - such as Jamaica or El Salvador - are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The …This paper evaluates the global welfare impact of observed levels of migration using a quantitative multi-sector model … differences, international trade, remittances, and a heterogeneous workforce. We compare welfare under the observed levels of …

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The gain from the drain : skill-biased migration and global welfare

Biavaschi, Costanza; Burzynski, Michal; Elsner, Benjamin; … - 2016

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Migration and Development Brief April 2016 : Migration and Remittances - Recent Developments and Outlook

Ratha, Dilip - 2016 - Online-Ausg.

This brief aims to provide an update on key developments in the area of migration and remittance flows and related …

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Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016 : Third Edition

Ratha, Dilip - 2016 - Online-Ausg.

exchange reserves. India, China, Philippines and Mexico are the top recipients of migrant remittances. The Migration and … Remittances Factbook 2016 attempts to present numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and remittances … emigration, and remittance flows for 210 countries and 15 regional and income groups. The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016 …

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Mismatch and Assimilation

Wang, Ping - 2018

Income disparity across countries has been large and widening over time. We develop a tractable model where factor requirements in production technology do not necessarily match a country's factor input profile. Appropriate assimilation of frontier technologies balances such multi-dimensional...

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Are International R&D Spillovers Trade-Related? Analyzing Spillovers Among Randomly Matched Trade Partners

Keller, Wolfgang - 2021

In this paper, I analyze recent findings by Coe and Helpman (1995) on trade-related international R&D spillovers. A Monte Carlo based robustness test is proposed which compares the elasticity of domestic productivity with respect to foreign R&D estimated by Coe and Helpman with an elasticity...

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The "Out of Africa" Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development

Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2011

This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the...

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The Power of the Family

Alesina, Alberto F. - 2010

The structure of family relationships influences economic behavior and attitudes. We define our measure of family ties using individual responses from the World Value Survey regarding the role of the family and the love and respect that children need to have for their parents for over 70...

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Migration and cross-border financial flows

Kugler, Maurice; Levintal, Oren; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013

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Determinants of social distancing and economic activity during COVID-19 : a global view

Maloney, William F.; Taskin, Temel - 2020

The paper uses Google mobility data to identify the determinants of social distancing during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. The findings for the United States indicate that much of the decrease in mobility is voluntary, driven by the number of COVID-19 cases and proxying for greater awareness of...

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