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The Economic Consequences of the International Migration of Labor

Hanson, Gordon H. - 2010

international migration affects the incomes of individuals in sending and receiving countries and of migrants themselves. Were a …

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International Migration in the Long-Run : Positive Selection, Negative Selection and Policy

Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2021

World War I to the quotas and bans introduced afterwards was the result of a combination of factors: public hostility …

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Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows

Horton, John J. - 2017

Digital labor markets are rapidly expanding and connecting companies and contractors on a global basis. We review the environment in which these markets take root, the micro- and macro-level studies of their operations, their ongoing evolution and recent trends, and perspectives for undertaking...

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Mobile Scientists and International Networks

Scellato, Giuseppe - 2014

This paper explores the link between mobility and the presence of international research networks. Data come from the … evidence suggests that migration plays an important role in the formation of international networks. Approximately 40 percent … that internationally mobile researchers contribute significantly to extending the international scope and quality of the …

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Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy : Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion

Clemens, Michael A. - 2017

There has been little rigorous evaluation of immigration barriers intended to improve domestic terms of employment by shrinking the workforce. We study one such barrier, a policy change that excluded almost half a million Mexican bracero seasonal agricultural workers from the United States....

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Open Borders in the European Union and Beyond : Migration Flows and Labor Market Implications

Kennan, John - 2017

In 2004, the European Union admitted 10 new countries, and wages in these countries were generally well below the levels in the existing member countries. Citizens of these newly-admitted countries were subsequently free to take jobs anywhere in the EU, and many did so. In 2015, a large number...

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Impacts of Policy Reforms on Labor Migration from Rural Mexico to the United States

Richter, Susan M. - 2015

Using new survey data from Mexico, a dynamic econometric model is estimated to test the effect of policy changes on the flow of migrant labor from rural Mexico to the United States and test for differential effects of policy changes on male and female migration. We find that both IRCA and NAFTA...

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Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines

Beam, Emily - 2015

experiment in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. Our most intensive … treatment doubled the rate of job offers but had no identifiable effect on international labor migration. Even the highest …

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The Rise and Fall of U.S. Low-Skilled Immigration

Hanson, Gordon H. - 2017

From the 1970s to the early 2000s, the United States experienced an epochal wave of low-skilled immigration. Since the Great Recession, however, U.S. borders have become a far less active place when it comes to the net arrival of foreign workers. The number of undocumented immigrants has...

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The Abolition of Immigration Restrictions and the Performance of Firms and Workers : Evidence from Switzerland

Beerli, Andreas - 2018

We study a reform that granted European cross-border workers free access to the Swiss labor market and had a stronger effect on regions close to the border. The greater availability of cross-border workers increased foreign employment substantially. Although many cross-border workers were highly...

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