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explain the patterns of trade and migration as countries remove barriers to trade and to labor mobility. We parameterize the … liberalization which occurred between 1989 and 2004, and then the gains and losses from migration which are expected to occur if … legal barriers to labor mobility are substantially reduced. The lower barriers to migration would result in significant …
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In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more easily identified on local economies. The reason is that...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 effciency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...
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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...
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show that the main effect of migration operates through total factor productivity but not through institutional quality …
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income. We also show that the effect of migration operates through an increase in total factor productivity, which appears to … reflect increased diversity in productive skills and, to some extent, a higher rate of innovation. -- international migration …
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Within the migration-trade nexus literature, this paper proposes a more carefully defined measure of migration business …
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