We study the long-run growth impact on the emigrants' country of origin of a change in immigration policy implemented by the host country. The policy change takes the form of an increase in the ratio of temporary to permanent visas issued. This policy change has two counteracting effects on the...

<italic>The social sciences have produced both theoretically and empirically a large literature in order to explain why urban areas are socially differentiated, and also the consequences of this urban specialization on several economic and social variables. But the major part of all these works is...</italic>

We show that lack of commitment in the policymaking process may explain the prevalence of the minimum wage to redistribute income, despite its negative impact on unemployment. In the absence of commitment, firms anticipate the government's willingness to use a minimum wage policy to reduce the...

The aim of this paper is to study the impact of labour migration on unemployment dynamics when labour markets are non competitive. We consider a dynamic model with two regions where wages are locally negotiated at the firm level. We show that, in the long run, labour migration does not affect...

In this paper, we study the impact of parental human capital background on ethnic educational gaps between second-generation immigrants using a large data set conducted in France in 2003. Estimates from censored random effect ordered Probit regressions show that the skills of immigrants explain...

Cet article étudie l’impact de l’exode des cerveaux sur le bien-être des travailleurs de la région de départ lorsque celle-ci peut bénéficier des avancées technologiques de la région d’accueil, par un processus d’imitation, et que les émigrés envoient une partie de leur revenu...

This paper analyses the dynamics of migratory flows and growth in a developing economy. We show that when workers freely choose their location, some natives can rationally decide to return to their home country after they have accumulated a certain amount of knowledge abroad, while some prefer...

The social sciences have produced both theoretically and empirically a large literature in order to explain why urban areas are socially differentiated, and also the consequences of this urban specialization on several economic and social variables. But the major part of all these works is...

[fre] Cet article étudie l'impact de la migration de la main-d'œuvre sur les taux de chômage locaux, sur le niveau général du chômage et sur le bien-être, lorsque les salaires sont négociés au sein de chaque entreprise. On considère deux régions dont le marché des biens est...

This paper analyses the relative position of French, Portuguese and North African workers in the French labour market. We notably show that given the sex, the qualification, the potential experience, the localisation and the sector of activity, Portuguese have a lower propensity of being...