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 … support migration-based cultural convergence, with cultural remittances as its main driver. In other words and in contrast to …

significant impact on the world distribution of income. In this paper we discuss the potential for migration policies to affect … more or less restrictive/selective migration policies and derive their implications for the evolution of world inequality. …

of migration in alleviating information imperfections between home and host countries. We show that the impact of … migration on financial flows is strongest where information problems are more acute (that is, for more informational sensitive … information in generating home-bias and as new evidence of the role of migration in reducing information frictions between …

focus on migration. The fact that knowledge diffusion requires direct human interaction implies that the international … diffusion of knowledge should follow the pattern of international migration. This is what this paper documents. Our main finding … is that migration, and particularly skilled immigration, is a strong and robust driver of productive knowledge diffusion …

This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and …

explanation for this puzzle that emphasizes the diffusion of culture and information through internal migration. It tests how … migration affected fertility by building a decennial bilateral migration matrix between French regions for 1861-1911. The …

view tends to neglect two important dynamic effects: the role of migration networks, which could reduce immigrants' quality …, and the responsiveness of education decisions to the prospects of migration. Our model shows that migration networks and … immigration policies, the initial pattern of migrants' self-selection on education, and the way time-equivalent migration costs by …

deviation of 135. We deal with endogeneity concerns by using historical migration networks to instrument for stocks of migrant …