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In this chapter, I discuss the recent academic research on international migration, focusing on the causes and consequences of emigration from developing countries and the motivations behind the restrictions imposed by the developed countries on immigration. My aim is to identify facts about...
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individual who migrates from a poor developing country to the United States sees an increase in income by a factor of four … illustrative example, I estimate that migration from Mexico to the United States raises global income by an amount equivalent to …
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respond to manufacturing job loss caused by import competition from China. Although foreign-born population headcounts fell by … were already mature, few took jobs in industries that later saw import surges. The foreign-born population share in regions …
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In this paper, I selectively discuss recent empirical work on the consequences of global labor mobility. I examine how international migration affects the incomes of individuals in sending and receiving countries and of migrants themselves. Were a social planner to choose the migration policies...
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In this paper, I selectively discuss recent empirical work on the consequences of global labor mobility. I examine how international migration affects the incomes of individuals in sending and receiving countries and of migrants themselves. Were a social planner to choose the migration policies...
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