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The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves: Reconciling Conflicting Results
Clemens, Michael A.; Hunt, Jennifer - 2017
An influential strand of research has tested for the effects of immigration on natives' wages and employment using exogenous refugee supply shocks as natural experiments. Several studies have reached conflicting conclusions about the effects of noted refugee waves such as the Mariel Boatlift in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744518
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The labor market effects of refugee waves : reconciling conflicting results
Clemens, Michael A.; Hunt, Jennifer - 2017
An influential strand of research has tested for the effects of immigration on natives' wages and employment using exogenous refugee supply shocks as natural experiments. Several studies have reached conflicting conclusions about the effects of noted refugee waves such as the Mariel Boatlift in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664509
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New Data on African Health Professionals Abroad
Clemens, Michael A. - 2007
The migration of doctors and nurses from Africa to developed countries has raised fears of an African medical brain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012730181
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A New Database of Health Professional Emigration from Africa
Clemens, Michael A.; Pettersson, Gunilla - 2006
The migration of doctors and nurses from Africa to rich countries has raised fears of an African medical brain drain …. But empirical research on the issue has been hampered by lack of data. How many doctors and nurses have left Africa? Which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005200933
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Do Visas Kill? Health Effects of African Health Professional Emigration
Clemens, Michael A. - 2007
raise sending-country and global welfare. This study uses a new database of health worker emigration from Africa to test … that Africa's generally low staffing levels and poor public health conditions are the result of factors entirely unrelated … greater production of health workers in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051466
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A New Database of Health Professional Emigration from Africa
Clemens, Michael A.; Pettersson Gelander, Gunilla - 2013
The migration of doctors and nurses from Africa to rich countries has raised fears of an African medical brain drain …. But empirical research on the issue has been hampered by lack of data. How many doctors and nurses have left Africa? Which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014056418
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The new role of the World Bank
Clemens, Michael A.; Kremer, Michael - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460239
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Mobiles and mobility: The Effect of Mobile Phones on Migration in Niger
Aker, Jenny C.; Clemens, Michael A.; Ksoll, Christopher - 2011
randomized evaluation of an adult education program (Project ABC) in Niger, in which students learned how to use simple mobile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305635
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Losing Our Minds? New Research Directions on Skilled Migration and Development
Clemens, Michael A. - 2015
This paper critiques the last decade of research on the effects of high-skill emigration from developing countries, and proposes six new directions for fruitful research. The study singles out a core assumption underlying much of the recent literature, calling it the Lump of Learning model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307430
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Smart policy toward high-skill emigrants
Clemens, Michael A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with preventing skilled workers from leaving poor countries, where their skills are needed. Some advocates urge restrictions or taxes on the emigration of doctors and engineers from...
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