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Intellectual property rights, migration, and diaspora
Naghavi, Alireza; Strozzi, Chiara - 2011
In this paper we study theoretically and empirically the role of the interaction between skilled migration and …
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Climate-induced International Migration and Conflicts
Cattaneo, Cristina; Bosetti, Valentina - 2016
Population movements will help people facing the impact of climate change. However, the resulting large scale displacements may also produce security risks for receiving areas. The objective of this paper is to empirically estimate if the inflows of climate-induced migrants increase the risk of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586855
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The Migration Response to Increasing Temperatures
Cattaneo, Cristina; Peri, Giovanni - 2015
migration rates to urban areas and other countries in middle income economies. In poor countries, higher temperatures reduced … the probability of migration to cities or to other countries, consistent with the presence of severe liquidity constraints …. In middle-income countries, migration represents an important margin of adjustment to global warming, potentially …
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The labor market impact of immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's
D'Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, … - 2008
We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial...
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Immigration, offshoring and American jobs
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - 2010
How many 'American jobs' have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272471
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Does emigration benefit the stayers? The EU enlargement as a natural experiment. Evidence from Lithuania
Elsner, Benjamin - 2010
states to the UK and Ireland. This paper analyzes the impact of this migration wave on the real wages in the source countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272507
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Immigration and national wages: Clarifying the theory and the empirics
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni - 2008
This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas (2003) we focus on national labor markets for workers of different skills and we enrich his methodology and refine previous estimates. We emphasize that a production function...
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Managing migration through quotas: An option-theory perspective
Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2008
Recent European Legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … framework . To do this, we have used a real option approach to migration choice that assumes that the decision to migrate can be … of counterbalancing immigration policies is not odd but it could be in line with an optimal policy to control migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279624
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Which Factors Explain the Rising Ethnic Heterogeneity in Italy? An Empirical Analysis at Province Level
Cattaneo, Cristina - 2014
The paper investigates the determinants of ethnic heterogeneity of the Italian provinces. Among other factors, the paper tests empirically whether gradual improvements in distant communication boost the generation of ethnically heterogeneous provinces. Consequently to easier communication,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398402
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Rethinking the Gains from Immigration: Theory and Evidence from the U.S.
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Peri, Giovanni - 2006
The standard empirical analysis of immigration, based on a simple labor demand and labor supply framework, has emphasized the negative impact of foreign born workers on the average wage of U.S.-born workers (particularly of those without a high school degree). A precise assessment of the average...
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