studying the effects of immigration to Brazil during the Age of Mass Migration on its agricultural sector in 1920. This context … studies that focus on the United States to understand the effects of migration from poor to rich countries, our context is …

urbanization. These patterns changed in the 1930s as migration became less common and less urban oriented. These results provide a …I study the internal migration of native-born white men in the United States using linked census data covering all … possible 10- and 20-year periods 1850--1940. Inter-county migration rates were stable over time. Selection into migration on …

study return migration and the impact of skilled international migration on human capital stocks across countries. Return … migration is a common phenomenon, with 38% of skilled migrants returning to their origin countries within 10 years. Return … migration is significantly correlated with industry growth in the origin and destination countries, and is asymmetrically …

We investigate the role of information frictions in migration. We develop novel moment inequalities to estimate worker … preferences while allowing for unobserved worker-specific information sets, migration costs, and location-specific amenities and … prices. Using data on internal migration in Brazil, we find that common estimation procedures underestimate the importance of …