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Global migration is heavily skill-biased, with tertiary-educated workers being four times more likely to migrate than … workers with a lower education. In this paper, we quantify the global impact of this skill bias in migration. Based on a … the skill bias in migration, while a small number of sending countries is significantly worse off. The negative effect in …
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In this paper we model the migration decisions of high-skilled women as a function of the benefits associated with … gender gap in high-skilled migration flows (the female brain drain ratio). In particular, starting from large values of the … migration. Using a cross section of over 3,000 bilateral migration flows across OECD and non-OECD countries and the women …
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We study the effect of the high-skilled emigration rate on the growth rate of the source countries. We incorporate the foreign direct investment and the policy variables into the panel model and also their interactions with the high-skilled emigration rate, as they are related to the network...
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This study tests the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The empirical analysis has three comparative advantages: including emerging and advanced economies, isolating panel variation regarding the link between productivity and exports, and exploiting...
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Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to … advantages, and it establishes a connection of migration to home country exports beyond bilateral networks …
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Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to … advantages, and it establishes a connection of migration to home country exports beyond bilateral networks. …
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We develop a model of directed technological change, frictional unemployment and migration to examine the effects of a …
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This paper establishes a causal link between the emigration of skilled workers and firm performance in source countries. Using firm-level panel data from ten Eastern European countries, we show that the emigration of skilled workers lowers firm total factor productivity. We exploit time,...
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We develop a model of directed technology adoption, frictional unemployment, and migration to examine the effects of a …
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. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving …
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