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The Cost of Low Fertility in Europe
Bloom, David E. - 2010
We analyze the effect of fertility on income per capita with a particular focus on the experience of Europe. For …
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What Drove the Mass Migrations from Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century?
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2021
This paper examines the determinants of overseas mass migration from eleven European countries in the late 19th century. They typically passed through something like a half-century life-cycle: a steep rise in emigration rates from low levels in preindustrial decades, followed by a plateau of...
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Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses : Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration
Abramitzky, Ran - 2010
The Age of Mass Migration (1850-1913) was among the largest migration episodes in history. During this period, the United States maintained open borders. Using a novel dataset of Norway-to-US migrants, we estimate the return to migration while accounting for migrant selection across households...
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Mass Migration, Commodity Market Integration and Real Wage Convergence : The Late Nineteenth Century Atlantic Economy
Williamson, Jeffrey G.; O'Rourke, Kevin H.; Hatton, … - 2021
As part of a process that has been at work since 1850, real wages among the current OECD countries converged during the late 19th century. The convergence was pronounced as that which we have seen in the post World War Il period. This paper uses computable general equilibrium models to isolate...
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Inequality and Schooling Responses to Globalization Forces : Lessons from History
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2014
abundant Europe and the high-wage, labor scarce New World. Those global forces contributed to a reduction in unskilled labor … scarcity in the New World and to a rise in unskilled labor scarcity in Europe. Thus, it contributed to rising inequality in … overseas countries, like the United States, and falling inequality in most of Europe. Falling unskilled labor scarcity and …
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International Migration Responses to Natural Disasters : Evidence from Modern Europe's Most Destructive Earthquake
Spitzer, Yannay; Tortorici, Gaspare; Zimran, Ariell - 2022
The Messina-Reggio Calabria Earthquake (1908) was the most devastating natural disaster in modern European history. It occurred when overseas mass emigration from southern Italy was at its peak and international borders were open, making emigration a readily available option for relief. We use...
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Free vs. Controlled Migration : Bilateral Country Study
Razin, Assaf - 2011
This paper tests the differential effects of the generosity of the welfare state under free migration and under policy-controlled migration, distinguishing between source developing and developed countries. We utilize free-movement within the EU to examine the free migration regime and compare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129125
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Tax Competition and Migration : The Race-to-The-Bottom Hypothesis Revisited
Razin, Assaf - 2011
Oates reminds us that tax competition among localities in the presence of capital mobility, may lead to inefficiently low tax rates (and benefits). In contrast, the Tiebout paradigm suggests that tax competition yields an efficient outcome, so that there are no gains from tax coordination. This...
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The Wage Effects of Immigration and Emigration
Docquier, Frédéric - 2010
of emigration as well as immigration. We focus on Europe and compare the outcomes for large Western European countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134804
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International Migration and Human Rights
Hanson, Gordon H. - 2010
Freedom of movement is considered a basic human right by the majority of countries of the world. As defined in practice, it encompasses the right to move internally within a country, the right to move abroad, and the right to return from abroad. It does not include the right of an individual...
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