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. After a brief overview of labour flows to Germany and the related empirical literature, a Ricardian model of migration is …
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firm-level productivity paths differ between firms with varying degrees of exposure to international trade in India, the …
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By analyzing a unique dataset from Germany's evaluation of COVID-19 antigen rapid tests, we show that Chinese firms can excel under today's global competition and produce tests at quality levels higher than China's income level would suggest. We find these achievements are positively associated...
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biased technical progress rather than by increasing international trade with low wage countries. However, in linking prices … for final goods with prices of primary factors, most empirical studies have only dealt with international trade in final …
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We investigate the interplay of language skills and immigrant stocks in determining bilateral FDI out-stocks of OECD reporting countries. Applying a Poisson panel estimator to 2004-2011 data, we find a robust positive effect of bilateral immigrants on bilateral FDI - provided that residents of...
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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. We argue that … our results are likely to be driven by changing preferences towards educational inputs induced by migration. …
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premia for applying their native language on the job in addition to those for English, their trade-fostering potential seems …
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This paper provides a micro-funded theory of multilateral resistance to migration analyzing how financial constraints … determine migration trends. We build a RUM model in which we explicitly introduce the budget constraint in the migration … decision: individuals cannot afford migrating to a destination for which the migration cost (which depends on the immigration …
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Venezuela has seen an unprecedented exodus of people in recent months. In response to a dramatic economic downturn in which inflation is soaring, oil production tanking, and a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding, many Venezuelans are seeking refuge in neighboring countries. However, the lack of...
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Trade preferences provide a potential policy tool for supporting refugee employment in countries of first asylum. Thus … employing a minimum share of Syrian refugees. The use of trade preferences to encourage the labour market integration of … generated substantial export growth and employment. It then discusses the conditions under which trade preferences can prove an …
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