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Populism and the Skill-Content of Globalization: Evidence from the Last 60 Years
Docquier, Frédéric; Guichard, Lucas; Iandolo, Stefano; … - 2022
investigate the "global" determinants of populism, we look at trade and immigration jointly and consider their size as well as …-industrialization and of internet expansion. Low-skill immigration, on the other hand, tends to induce a transfer of votes from left-wing to … well as high-skill immigration, tend to reduce the volume of populism. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470327
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Birthplace Diversity and Economic Growth: Evidence from the US States in the Post-World War II Period
Docquier, Frédéric; Turati, Riccardo; Valette, Jérôme; … - 2018
This paper empirically revisits the impact of birthplace diversity on economic growth. We use panel data on US states over the 1960-2010 period. This rich data set allows us to better deal with endogeneity issues and to conduct a large set of robustness checks. Our results suggest that diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014000872
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The labor market effects of immigration and emigration in OECD countries
Docquier, Frédéric; Özden, Çağlar; Peri, Giovanni - 2011
In this paper, we simulate the labor market effects of net immigration and emigration during the 1990's in all OECD … wage effects of immigration and emigration. We use a range of parameter values spanning most of the estimates in the … literature. In all cases we find that immigration had a positive effect on the wage of less educated natives. It also increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524983
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Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy : Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Docquier, Frédéric - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118275
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The Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Emigration in OECD Countries
Docquier, Frédéric - 2012
In this paper, we simulate the labor market effects of net immigration and emigration during the 1990's in all OECD … wage effects of immigration and emigration. We use a range of parameter values spanning most of the estimates in the … literature. In all cases we find that immigration had a positive effect on the wage of less educated natives. It also increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112765
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Birthplace diversity and economic growth : evidence from the US states in the post-World War II period
Docquier, Frédéric; Turati, Riccardo; Valette, Jérôme; … - 2018
This paper empirically revisits the impact of birthplace diversity on economic growth. We use panel data on US states over the 1960-2010 period. This rich data set allows us to better deal with endogeneity issues and to conduct a large set of robustness checks. Our results suggest that diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906484
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Populism and the skill-content of globalization : evidence from the last 60 years
Docquier, Frédéric; Guichard, Lucas; Iandolo, Stefano; … - 2022
investigate the ”global” determinants of populism, we look at trade and immigration jointly and consider their size as well as …-industrialization and of internet expansion. Low-skill immigration, on the other hand, tends to induce a transfer of votes from left-wing to … well as high-skill immigration, tend to reduce the volume of populism. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013440433
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The Within-Country Distribution of Brain Drain and Brain Gain Effects: A Case Study on Senegal
Bocquier, Philippe; Cha'Ngom, Narcisse; Docquier, Frédéric - 2023
Existing empirical literature provides converging evidence that selective emigration enhances human capital accumulation in the world's poorest countries. However, the within-country distribution of such brain gain effects has received limited attention. Focusing on Senegal, we provide evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469661
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The within-country distribution of brain drain and brain gain effects : a case study on Senegal
Bocquier, Philippe; Cha'Ngom, Narcisse; Docquier, Frédéric - 2023
Existing empirical literature provides converging evidence that selective emigration enhances human capital accumulation in the world's poorest countries. However, the within-country distribution of such brain gain effects has received limited attention. Focusing on Senegal, we provide evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391205
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336074