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Irregular migrants from Africa and the Middle East flow into Europe along land and sea routes under the control of human smugglers. The demise of the Gaddafi regime in 2011 marked the opening of the Central Mediterranean Route for irregular border - crossing between Libya and Italy. This...
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Legal and illegal markets often coexist. In theory, marginal legalization can either substitute for the remaining parallel market, or complement it via scale effects. I study migrants crossing without prior authorization at the US southwest border, where large-scale unlawful crossing coexists...
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This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and …
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status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent …
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heterogeneity in the degree of globalization over time and across countries and regions of the World, as well as within countries …The process of globalization is an international economic order which has led to the progressive integration of the … world economy through the pulling the barrier of trade and greater mobility of factors of production. In addition the …
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This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...
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In theory, one of the main benefits of financial globalization is that it should allow for more efficient international … better risk sharing outcomes during the recent period of globalization. Developing countries have, by and large, been shut … flows may help explain why emerging markets have not been able to realize this presumed benefit of financial globalization …
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sending and receiving countries. In a calibrated multi-country model, we compare the current world to a counterfactual with … that more - not less - high-skilled migration would increase world welfare. …
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