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The impact of international migration on inclusive growth : a review
Koczan, Zsoka; Peri, Giovanni; Pinat, Magali; Rozhkov, … - 2021
International migration is an important channel of material improvement for individuals and their offspring. The movement of people across country borders, especially from less developed to richer countries, has a substantial impact in several dimensions. First, it affects the migrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518988
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Migration and remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean : engines of growth and macroeconomic stabilizers?
Beaton, Kimberly; Cerovic, Svetlana; Galdamez, Misael; … - 2017
remittances to LAC, as well as their costs and benefits. For the home country, the negative impact from emigration on labor … resources and productivity seems to outweigh growth gains from remittances, notably for the Caribbean. However, given emigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704920
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Western Balkans : increasing women's role in the economy
Atoyan, Ruben; Rahman, Jesmin - 2017
capital for a region that endures high emigration and faces declining working age population. The paper uses both macro- and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011799665
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Emigration and Wages in Source Countries : Evidence From Mexico
Mishra, Prachi - 2006
This paper empirically examines the effect on wages in Mexico of Mexican emigration to the United States, using data … from the Mexican and United States censuses from 1970-2000. The main result in the paper is that emigration has a strong … and positive effect on Mexican wages. There is also evidence for increasing wage inequality in Mexico due to emigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400533
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Emigration and Brain Drain : Evidence From the Caribbean
Mishra, Prachi - 2006
benefits. The Caribbean countries have lost 10-40 percent of their labor force due to emigration to OECD member countries. The … force with more than 12 years of completed schooling-among the highest emigration rates in the world. The region is also the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402983
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Stranded! : how rising inequality suppressed US migration and hurt those “left behind”
Bayoumi, Tamim A.; Barkema, Jelle - 2019
Using bilateral data on migration across US metro areas, we find strong evidence that increasing house price and income inequality has reduced long distance migration, the type most linked to jobs. For those migrating uphill, from a less to a more prosperous location, lower mobility is driven by...
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How do migration and remittances affect inequality? : a case study of Mexico
Koczan, Zsoka; Loyola, Franz C. - 2018
The poverty-reducing effects of remittances have been well-documented, however, their effects on inequality are less clear. This paper examines the impact of remittances on inequality in Mexico using household-level information on the receiving side. It hopes to speak to their insurance role by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011866480
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The labor market integration of migrants in Europe : new evidence from micro data
Ho, Giang; Turk Ariss, Rima - 2018
This paper presents novel empirical evidence on the labor market integration of migrants across Europe. It investigates how successfully migrants integrate in 13 European countries by applying a unified framework to analyze a rich micro dataset with over ten million individuals surveyed between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932485
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Internal Migration, Center-State Grants and Economic Growth in the States of India
Cashin, Paul - 1995
This paper examines the growth experience of twenty states of India during the period 1961-91, using cross-sectional estimation and the analytical framework of the Solow-Swan neoclassical growth model. We find evidence of absolute convergence--initially-poor states did indeed grow faster than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398190
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Immigration Flows and Regional Labor Market Dynamics
Gross, Dominique M. - 1998
The paper analyzes the ability of a regional labor market to absorb growing flows of immigrant workers with declining levels of skills during relatively high unemployment. The impact of the size of the flow and the skill characteristics of the immigrants are analyzed. It is found that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400836