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Why U.S. Immigration Matters for the Global Advancement of Science
Agarwal, Ruchir; Ganguli, Ina; Gaule, Patrick; Smith, Geoff - 2021
This paper studies the impact of U.S. immigration barriers on global knowledge production. We present four key findings. First, among Nobel Prize winners and Fields Medalists, migrants to the U.S. play a central role in the global knowledge network—representing 20-33% of the frontier knowledge...
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The Labor Market Performance of Immigrants in Germany
Beyer, Robert - 2016
The paper uses a large survey (GSOEP) to analyze the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It finds that new immigrant workers earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for immigrants from advanced countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996034
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Financial Globalization and Inequality : Capital Flows as a Two-Edged Sword
Eichengreen, Barry; Csonto, Balazs; ElGanainy, Asmaa A; … - 2021
We review the debate on the association of financial globalization with inequality. We show that the within-country distributional impact of capital account liberalization is context specific and that different types of flows have different distributional effects. Their overall impact depends on...
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The Nordic Labor Market and Migration
Ho, Giang - 2016
better facilitates the integration of migrants into employment. In particular, greater wage flexibility at the firm level and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012998796
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Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of its Parts? Strengthening Caribbean Regional Integration
Al-Hassan, Abdullah - 2020
Deeper economic integration within the Caribbean has been a regional policy priority since the establishment of the … integration initiatives has, however, been slow, despite the stated commitment of political leaders. The 'implementation deficit … integration has evolved, discusses the obstacles to progress, and explores the potential benefits from greater integration. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840598
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Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth
Giuliano, Paola - 2008
There has been little systematic empirical study on the relationship between remittances and growth. This paper attempts to examine this relationship. Using a newly constructed cross-country of data series for remittances covering a large sample of developing countries, we relate the interaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012774251
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Signaling Fiscal Regime Sustainability
Drudi, Francesco - 2006
This paper proposes a signaling model that offers a new perspective on why governments deviate from optimal tax smoothing and delay debt stabilization. In our model, dependable - but not fully credible - governments have an incentive to tighten the fiscal regime when the signaling effect on...
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International Remittances, Migration, and Primary Commodities in FSGM
Snudden, Stephen - 2017
This paper adds international migration and remittances into the IMF's Flexible System of Global Models (FSGM). FSGM is a global general equilibrium model with endogenous primary commodity markets. A method to estimate the structural dynamics of major remitter regions is proposed. The dynamics...
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The Labor Market Integration of Migrants in Europe : New Evidence from Micro Data
Ho, Giang - 2018
This paper presents novel empirical evidence on the labor market integration of migrants across Europe. It investigates … substantial heterogeneity in the patterns of labor market integration across host countries and by migrant gender and origin. Our … has implications for the design of effective integration policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906886
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Does an Inclusive Citizenship Law Promote Economic Development?
Imam, Patrick A. - 2019
This paper analyzes the impact of citizenship laws on economic development. We first document the evolution of citizenship laws around the world, highlighting the main features of jus soli, jus sanguinis as well as mixed regimes, and shedding light on the channels through which they could have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892916