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Migration and globalization : what's in it for developing countries?

Rapoport, Hillel - 2016

This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and emerging economies. It documents the role of diaspora networks in enhancing cross-border flows of goods, capital, and knowledge, eventually contributing to efficient...

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

Biavaschi, Costanza; Burzyński, Michał; Elsner, Benjamin - 2016

- often called brain drain - has been at the center of a heated debate about the welfare consequences of emigration from …

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Globalization, brain drain and development

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011

development issues. We first assess the magnitude, intensity and determinants of the brain drain, showing that brain drain (or … and review the evidence on these channels. The recent empirical literature shows that high-skill emigration need not … Indian diaspora in the development of India's IT sector. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of the analysis …

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Migration and cultural change

Rapoport, Hillel; Sardoschau, Sulin; Silve, Arthur - 2021

We propose a novel perspective on migration and cultural change by asking both theoretically and empirically - and from a global viewpoint - whether migration is a source of cultural convergence or divergence between home and host countries. Our theoretical model derives distinctive testable...

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Network abroad and culture : global individual-level evidence

Turati, Riccardo - 2024

This paper analyzes whether natives with a network abroad have a distinctive cultural stance compared to similar individuals without such connections within the same region. Using individual-level data on connectedness from the Gallup World Poll across 2,256 within-country regions over 148...

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Emigration from the UK, 1870 - 1913 and 1950 - 1998

Hatton, Timothy J. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Selection criteria and the skill composition of immigrants : a comparative analysis of Australian and US employment immigration

Jasso, Guillermina (contributor); … - 2008

country's neighbors are, in terms of their level and type of development, has a significant effect on the size and skill …

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Two centuries of international migration

Ferrie, Joseph P.; Hatton, Timothy J. - 2013

This is a draft chapter for B. R. Chiswick and P. W. Miller (eds.) Handbook on the Economics of International Migration. It provides an overview of trends and developments in international migration since the industrial revolution. We focus principally on long-distance migration to rich...

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Internationalisation of education and returns in the labour market

Poot, Jacques; Roskruge, Matthew - 2013

The education services provided in any given country increasingly contribute to human capital that is employed in another country. On the one hand, graduates may seek to obtain the highest return to the knowledge they gained in their home country by working abroad. On the other hand, some...

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Globalization and wage convergence : Mexico and the United States

Gandolfi, Davide; Halliday, Timothy; Robertson, Raymond - 2014

Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising commercial integration and foreign direct investment followed the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Mexico. This paper evaluates the degree...

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