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Freedom of movement for workers : relaxing immigration restrictions could greatly improve the well-being of people in developing countries, with little effect on wages
Kennan, John - 2014
Most developed countries have foreign aid programs that aim to alleviate poverty and foster economic growth in less developed countries, but with very limited success. A large body of evidence indicates that the root of the economic development problem is cross-country differences in the...
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The gain from the drain : skill-biased migration and global welfare
Biavaschi, Costanza; Burzyński, Michał; Elsner, Benjamin - 2016
High-skilled workers are four times more likely to migrate than low-skilled workers. This skill bias in migration … bias in migration significantly increases welfare in most receiving countries. Moreover, due to a more efficient global … that more - not less - high-skilled migration would increase world welfare. …
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Migration and globalization : what's in it for developing countries?
Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and …
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The emigration life cycle: how development shapes emigration from poor countries
Clemens, Michael A. - 2020
Many governments seek to reduce emigration from low-income countries by encouraging economic development there. A large literature, however, observes that average emigration rates are higher in countries with sustained increases in GDP per capita than in either chronically poor countries or...
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Chapter 66. International Migration and the Developing World
Hanson, Gordon H. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4363-4414). 2010
In this chapter, I discuss the recent academic research on international migration, focusing on the causes and … on immigration. My aim is to identify facts about international migration relevant to those concerned about why labor …
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The impact of the EU Blue Card policy on economic growth in the African sending countries
Kancs, D'Artis; Ciaian, Pavel - 2010
In 2009 the EU adopted a new migration policy instrument - the Blue Cards (BC) - for attracting highly skilled workers … address the skill drain issues, we propose and examine alternative migration policy options for the LDC. …
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Migration to the EU : social and macroeconomic effects on sending countries
Kancs, D'Artis; Ciaian, Pavel; Kielyte, Julda - 2016
In June 2016, the European Commission issued a new EU Blue Card proposal. This proposal is meant to make the EU more attractive for highly qualified workers from third countries. While strengthening the knowledge economy of the EU, the potential impacts of the new Blue Card proposal on...
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North-South trade, technology diffusion and productivity growth : are small states different?
Schiff, Maurice W.; Wang, Yanling - 2017
The economies of small developing states tend to be more fragile than those in large ones. This paper examines this issue in a dynamic context by focusing on the impact of education and North-South trade-related technology diffusion (NRD) on TFP growth in small and large states in the South. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114076
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North-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion and Productivity Growth : Are Small States Different?
Schiff, Maurice - 2012
The economies of small developing states tend to be more fragile than those in large ones. This paper examines this issue in a dynamic context by focusing on the impact of education and North-South trade-related technology diffusion (NRD) on TFP growth in small and large states in the South. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012712487
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Human capital flight and output growth nexus : evidence from Nigeria
Adeosun, Oluyemi Theophilus; Popogbe, Oluwaseyi Omowunmi - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 6 (2021) 3, pp. 206-222
governments and scholars alike. This paper aims to explore the impact migration from Nigeria has on economic output growth by … focusing on the migration rate, remittances, population growth and secondary school enrolment. This has not received adequate …/methodology/approach Leveraging on the macro-level approach to migration, remittances and the economy, this research considers the nexus among the …
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