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Does globalization increase inequality in developing countries, and if so, how? In a theoretical model of a regionally heterogeneous economy, we show how different regional rates of technical progress due to trade and FDI interact with constraints to unskilled labor mobility. As favored regions...
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I examine the extent to which the returns to college majors are influenced by selective migration and occupational … migration, occupational choice, and earnings where, upon completing their education, individuals choose a location in which to … estimates of the model, I characterize the migration behavior of different college majors and find that migration flows are …
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correlated with interregional migration flows. According to our estimates, half of the interregional wage variation between … the best policy reaction to the current high interregional wage differentials should be the removal of migration barriers … and a reduction in migration costs. In general, our results show that wage compensations for regional disamenities along …
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; investment ; wage premium ; migration ; inequality ; China …
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quality. In other words, tends to be a welfare migration. This welfare migration could be 'desired' if immigrants are net … municipal public coffers. Hence, economists debate that 'undesired' welfare migration could drive these municipal expenditures … paper seeks to analysis the evidence of the race to the bottom and welfare migration in Brazilian municipalities, in 2000 …
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I document a new empirical pattern of internal mobility in the United States. Namely, county-tocounty migration and …. These counties also exhibit less in-migration and in-commuting, suggesting the lack of mobility leads to slower labor market …
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The paper investigates the effects of internal migration on green growth in Italian regions. We use employment in … regions. Overall, the evidence emphasizes the importance of human capital migration in sustainable development. …
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correlated with interregional migration flows. According to our estimates, half of the interregional wage variation between … the best policy reaction to the current high interregional wage differentials should be the removal of migration barriers … and a reduction in migration costs. In general, our results show that wage compensations for regional disamenities along …
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Urban flooding poses danger to people and places. People can adapt to this risk by moving to safer areas or by investing in private self-protection. Places can offset some of the risk through urban planning and infrastructure investment. By constructing a global city data set that covers the...
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