This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of refugees over 1987-2017 and establishes several stylized facts about … refugees today compared with past decades. Refugees still predominantly reside in developing countries neighboring their … country of origin. However, compared to past decades, refugees today (i) travel longer distances, (ii) are less likely to seek …

The aim of the paper is to see whether individuals' attitudes towards globalization are consistent with the predictions …-skilled is associated with more pro-globalization attitudes in rich countries; while in some of the very poorest countries in the … sample being high-skilled has a negative (if statistically insignificant) impact on pro-globalization sentiment. More …

The rules governing trade and capital flows have been at the center of controversy as globalization has proceeded. One …, IMF, and World Bank meetings demanding global labor standards. Comparing the claims made in this debate with the outcomes … market. Changes in trade policy have had modest impacts on labour market. Other aspects of globalization -- immigration …

The world has seen two globalization booms over the past two centuries, and one bust. The first global century ended … globalization on commodity price structure, the causes of protection, the impact of world migration on poverty eradication, and the … with World War I and the second started at the end of World War II, while the years in between were ones of anti …

The number of refugees worldwide is now 12 million, up from 3 million in the early 1970s. And the number seeking asylum … in the developed world increased tenfold, from about 50,000 per annum to half a million over the same period. Governments … World and avoiding floods of unwanted asylum seekers arriving on the doorsteps of the First World. This is an issue that is …