We estimate a skill-based directional migration model to assess the effects of regional human capital agglomeration on … labor migration in China. Upon accounting for regional differentials in skill-based compensation, cost-of-living, amenities …

migration impacted rural economic development in the regions that received a larger number of SDY per capita relative to regions …

Over the 40 years the pattern of migration has changed significantly with an increase in the share of female migrants … close substitute for household work. This paper analyzes how low skill rural-urban migration in Brazil from 1986 to 2000 … historical patterns of migrations, we are able to build an exogenous migration shock by skill to cities. Using this as an …

migration frictions that stem from China's household registration system (hukou). I rst provide reduced-form evidence that input … consequences. In this process, I develop a novel measure of migration frictions associated with the hukou system. …

Economic research on labor migration in the developing world has traditionally focused on the role played by the … microdata, more attention has been paid to the effects of migration on the lives of family members left behind. This paper … examines how the temporary migration of parents for work affects the health outcomes of children left behind using the …