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Migration, Skill Composition and Growth
Kim, Young-Bae; levine, Paul; Lotti, Emanuela - School of Economics, University of Surrey - 2010
sending economies? How differently would skilled (or un- skilled) migration affect both receiving and sending economies? What … factors would contribute to immigration/emigration benefits/costs and economic growth driven by migration? Who are the winners … different skill compositions to address these questions. We show that migration, in general, is beneficial to the receiving …
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From exodus to employment : labor market transitions and the role of work permits in Colombia
García, Andrés; Mondragón-Mayo, Angie; … - 2025
The Venezuelan migration crisis has led to large-scale displacement, with over 2.5 million Venezuelans seeking refuge … the EPM survey and a difference-in-differences methodology, the study compares preand post-migration labor conditions …
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Migration, innovation, and growth: an African story?
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Tani, Massimiliano - 2019
This chapter brings new evidence on the relationship between short-term labour mobility, as proxied by tourism flows, and innovation in Africa. Using data from 34 African countries over the period 2011-2016 sourced from the World Bank's Enterprise Survey, we find that short-term mobility...
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Chapter 25. Immigrants in Israel
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1363-1420). 2015
Israel perceives the immigration of Jews as one of its major goals and thus it applies no selection rules towards them. Jewish immigration to Israel hailed from Arab countries as well as European countries. While immigration has shaped the rate of growth of Israel's Jewish population it has also...
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Labor Mobility and Innovation in Africa
Mbaye, Linguère; Okara, Assi; Tani, Massimiliano - 2022
We develop a theoretical model to investigate whether short-term mobility differentially affects innovation in product or process and carry out an empirical analysis with a focus on Africa using firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, as well as complementary country level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030837
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The labor market effects of opening the border : evidence from Switzerland
Beerli, Andreas; Peri, Giovanni - 2017
Between 1999 and 2004 Switzerland fully opened its border region (BR) to cross-border workers (CBW), who are foreign residents commuting to Switzerland for work. In this paper, we exploit the timing of implementation and the fact that CBW commute almost exclusively to municipalities close to the...
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The abolition of immigration restrictions and the performance of firms and workers : evidence from Switzerland
Beerli, Andreas; Ruffner, Jan; Siegenthaler, Michael; … - 2020
We study a reform that granted European cross-border workers free access to the Swiss labor market and had a stronger effect on regions close to the border. The greater availability of cross-border workers increased foreign employment substantially. Although many cross-border workers were highly...
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Labor mobility and innovation in Africa
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Okara, Assi; Tani, Massimiliano - 2022
We develop a theoretical model to investigate whether short-term mobility differentially affects innovation in product or process and carry out an empirical analysis with a focus on Africa using firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, as well as complementary country level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805095
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European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004
migration policies across Europe and (ii) that the European Union needs to become an active player on the international labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068726
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Labour flows from the new EU Member States into UK and Italy: Characteristics and economic specialisation
BETTIN, Giulia - In: Economia Marche / Journal of Applied Economics XXX (2011) 2, pp. 62-82
The paper analyses the main characteristics of the immigrant flows deriving from the two subsequent rounds of Eastern EU Enlargement in the UK and Italy. Using data from the National Labour Force Surveys, immigrants' employment outcomes and their economic specialisation across sector of...
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