unique opportunity to evaluate the labor market effects of emigration. Outmigration has contributed to higher wages for … stayers, as well as to lower unemployment in the source country. However, emigration has also exacerbated skills shortages in …

Knowing whether corruption leads to higher emigration rates—and among which groups—is important because most labor … emigration is from developing to developed countries. If corruption leads highly-skilled and highly-educated workers to leave … unemployment, lowering the returns to human capital and encouraging further emigration. Corruption also shifts public spending from …

Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with … on the emigration of doctors and engineers from developing countries. Others urge incentives to encourage skilled workers …

emigration increases wages in the sending country but only for non-emigrants with substitutable skills similar to those of …

emigration increases wages in the sending country but only for non-emigrants with substitutable skills similar to those of …

unique opportunity to evaluate the labor market effects of emigration. Outmigration has contributed to higher wages for … stayers, as well as to lower unemployment in the source country. However, emigration has also exacerbated skills shortages in …

Contrary to the welfare magnet hypothesis, empirical evidence suggests that immigration decisions are not made on the … between immigrants and non-immigrants rather than to immigration status per se. Moreover, evidence in some countries suggests …

Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime. Crucially …

demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …