Many governments seek to reduce emigration from low-income countries by encouraging economic development there. A large … literature, however, observes that average emigration rates are higher in countries with sustained increases in GDP per capita … than in either chronically poor countries or established rich countries. This suggests an emigration life cycle in which …

suggest something quite different: that over the course of a "mobility transition", emigration generally rises with economic …The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those … transition in every decade since 1960. It then briefly surveys 45 years of research, which has yielded six classes of theory to …

suggest something quite different: that over the course of a "mobility transition", emigration generally rises with economic …The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those … transition in every decade since 1960. It then briefly surveys 45 years of research, which has yielded six classes of theory to …

, but increased slightly during the transition, while job destruction rose markedly. Heterogeneity in firm employment change … during the socialist period, while they have made a strong positive contribution during the transition. Privatization and …

During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of … ability to influence law enforcement. Our econometric results, for about 950 firms in five transition economies, provide …

, by forming good economic prospects, has reduced emigration as predicted by theory. Our estimates show that migration …Theory asserts that individuals' migration decisions depend more on their expectations about future income levels than … no link with migration patterns and this may be an important lesson for government policy. …

analyze emigration from Denmark, which is one of the richest and most redistributive European Welfare States. Using …

Moldova, one of the countries with the highest emigration rates in the world, and an instrumental variable approach we find … that the strongest migration-related response in private education expenditure are substantially lower informal payments to … public school teachers. This fact is at odds with a positive income effect due to migration. In addition we find that …

analyze emigration from Denmark, which is one of the richest and most redistributive European Welfare States. Using …