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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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The Effect of Income and Immigration Policies on International Migration
Ortega, Francesc - 2012
This paper makes two contributions to the literature on the determinants of international migration flows. First, we compile a new dataset on annual bilateral migration flows covering 15 OECD destination countries and 120 sending countries for the period 1980-2006. We also collect data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101810
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Migration and Welfare State : Why is America Different from Europe?
Razin, Assaf - 2014
Over the years, there emerged two key policy differences between Europe and America, both welfare and migration …
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The Developed World'S Demographic Transition - the Roles of Capital Flows, Immigration, and Policy
Fehr, Hans; Jokisch, Sabine; Kotlikoff, Laurence J. - 2021
The developed word stands at the fore of a phenomenal demographic transition. Over the next 30 years the number of elderly in the U.S., the EU, and Japan will more than double. At the same time, the number of workers available to pay the elderly their government-guaranteed pension and health...
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