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The Dynamic Implications of Liberalizing Global Migration

Delogu, Marco; Docquier, Frédéric; Machado, Joël - CESifo - 2014

This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and education decisions. We identify bilateral...

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Remittances, Migrants’ Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 2011

capital with two dimensions of immigration policy: restrictiveness, and selectivity. The model predicts that the relationship … between remittances and migrants’ education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The … effect of education is more likely to be positive when the immigration policy is more restrictive and less skill …

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Brain Drain and LDCs’ Growth: Winners and Losers

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

We present an empirical evaluation of the growth effects of the brain drain for the source countries of migrants. Using recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the ”beneficial brain drain hypothesis” in a...

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Brain Drain and LDCs' Growth: Winners and Losers

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 2002

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Brain drain and Remittances: implications for the source country

Cinar, Dilek; Docquier, Frédéric - In: Brussels Economic Review 47 (2004) 1, pp. 103-118

In this paper, we model a developing economy in which individual decisions about education and migration are constrained by capital market imperfections (liquidity constraints). We examine the joint impact of brain drain and international remittances on human capital accumulation in the...

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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 5, pp. 817-828

capital with two dimensions of immigration policy: restrictiveness, and selectivity. The model predicts that the relationship … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The … effect of education is more likely to be positive when the immigration policy is more restrictive and less skill …

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Should the US have locked heaven’s door?

Chojnicki, Xavier; Docquier, Frédéric; Ragot, Lionel - In: Journal of Population Economics 24 (2011) 1, pp. 317-359

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Should the U.S. Have Locked the Heaven’s Door? Reassessing the Benefits of the Postwar Immigration

Chojnicki, Xavier; Docquier, Frédéric; Ragot, Lionel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper examines the economic impact of the second great immigration wave (1945- 2000) on the US economy. Contrary … to recent studies, we estimate that immigration induced important net gains and small redistributive effects among … immigration flows since 1950 and a stronger selection policy. According to our simulations, the postwar US immigration is …

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