This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world … distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and … education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …

Recent research suggests that the welfare gains that would result from removing restrictions on international migration … are large. The long-run impact of a higher level of international migration on the global economy is potentially even …'s net migration in any decade has been neither harmful nor beneficial to growth in real income per capita in that decade, in …

add migration variables to robust determinants of growth and find positive and significant relationships between migrants …

The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those … transition in every decade since 1960. It then briefly surveys 45 years of research, which has yielded six classes of theory to …

We use new migration modelling and projection techniques in order to quantify the effect of migration in the context of … ageing societies in Europe over the forthcoming decades. Using new empirical results, data and projections of migration flows …

This paper presents an endogenous growth model of migration and technological diffusion with transitional dynamics …-biased technological change (SBTC), which first occurs in the destination, raises the relative return to high skill migration and thus the … bilateral migration data from 31 destinations and 195 origins is shown to support this hypothesis, with the average income of …

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. …

This paper studies the growth dynamics of a developing country under migration. Assuming that human capital formation … is subject to a strong enough, positive intertemporal externality, the prospect of migration will increase growth in the … human capital in the home country. In either case, the home country experiences a welfare gain, provided that migration is …

International migration is an important channel of material improvement for individuals and their offspring. The … technological transfers. This paper surveys our understanding of how migration affects growth and inequality through the impact on …