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preference evolution? We show that it is in a couple's common interest to obey a rule requiring them to give specified amounts of …
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literature, calling it the Lump of Learning model of human capital and development, and describes five ways that research has … Lump of Learning model, pointing toward a new paradigm for research on skilled migration and development. …
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We provide an assessment of the state of scholarly and policy debates on migrant entrepreneurs in development. They are … often described as super-entrepreneurs who contribute to development through (i) being more entrepreneurial than natives … general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …
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-disaster development assistance to Haiti. We find that the effects of matching new seasonal agricultural jobs in the US with Haitian … and the potential for policies of this kind to complement more traditional forms of development and humanitarian …
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Many governments seek to reduce emigration from low-income countries by encouraging economic development there. A large … average emigration first rises, then falls with development. But this hypothesis has not been tested with global datasets …
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We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the intensive and extensive margins of contemporary conflict are higher close to historical ethnic borders. Exploiting variations across artificial regions within an ethnicity's...
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development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …
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Researchers in many fields, such as demography, economics, and sociology, have established various data collection methodologies and principles to answer a range of academic and policy questions on migration. Although the progress has been impressive, some basic challenges remain. This paper...
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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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