This research advances the hypothesis that resource abundant economies characterized by a socially cohesive workforce and network externalities triggered the emergence of efficiency-enhancing inclusive institutions designed to restrict mobility and to enhance the attachment of community members...

We present a multi-city economic model to study the endogenous choice of migration and to evaluate various policy alternatives during a pandemic. We combine a traditional epidemic dynamic model with endogenous migration decisions between cities and provide analytical solutions under two...

We present a multi-city migration model to study the endogenous choices of migration during a pandemic and to evaluate various policy alternatives as well. Analytical solutions are provided under the two situations respectively: laissez-faire equilibrium and social optimum. We find that...