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The Economic Consequences of the International Migration of Labor
Hanson, Gordon H. - 2008
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. - 2004
World War I to the quotas and bans introduced afterwards was the result of a combination of factors: public hostility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468164
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Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows
Horton, John - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455283
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Mobile Scientists and International Networks
Scellato, Giuseppe - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460047
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Immigration and Occupational Comparative Advantage
Hanson, Gordon H.; Liu, Chen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Job choice by high-skilled foreign-born workers in the US correlates strongly with country of origin. We apply a Frechet-Roy model of occupational choice to evaluate the causes of immigrant sorting. In a gravity specification, we find that revealed comparative advantage in the US is stronger for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660096
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Ageing and Welfare-State Policy Making : Macroeconomic Perspective
Razin, Asaf; Schwemmer, Alexander H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
It has been well recognized that population ageing could generate structural changes centered around the dwindling labor force, on one hand, and the expanding dependency on the generosity of the welfare state, on the other hand. Ageing-related welfare state policy entails both fiscal issues and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616610
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The Gift of Global Talent : Innovation Policy and the Economy
Kerr, William R. - 2019
Talent is the most precious resource for today's knowledge-based economy, and a significant share of the U.S. skilled workforce in technology fields is foreign born. The United States has long held a leading position in attracting global talent, but the gap to other countries is weakening....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479824
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480953
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Opening the Door : Migration and Self-Selection in a Restrictive Legal Immigration Regime
Cascio, Elizabeth U. - 2020
We examine how the large, one-time legalization authorized by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) has affected the scale and character of immigration to the U.S. since the late 1980s. Exploiting cross-country variation in the magnitude of the legalization shock, we find that each IRCA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482129
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Endogenous Immigration, Human and Physical Capital Formation, and the Immigration Surplus
Ehrlich, Isaac; Pei, Yun - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We evaluate the economic consequences of immigration in a two-country, two-skill, overlapping-generations framework, where immigration, population, human and physical capital formation, and economic growth are endogenous variables. We go beyond extant literature by integrating physical capital...
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