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 …

The repeated failure of Ireland's potato crop in the late 1840s led to a major famine and a surge in migration to the … associated with less upward mobility. Our results contribute to literatures on immigrant assimilation, refugee migration, and the … Age of Mass Migration …