into a process of decline and have shrunk to a small fraction of their former population. Are there ghost countries …—countries that, if there were population mobility, would only have a very small fraction of their current population? This paper … “desired population” of any given geographic region varies substantially. First, the variance of growth rates of populations …

outlined in this paper emphasize both descriptive and practical features. Migration-related particularities, entrepreneurs …

on immigration. My aim is to identify facts about international migration relevant to those concerned about why labor …In this chapter, I discuss the recent academic research on international migration, focusing on the causes and …

Migration of skilled workers from developing countries has increased substantially in recent years. Traditionally, such … importance to the development and reduction of poverty levels. Therefore, any loss of skilled workers through migration was … incentive and feedback effects which skilled migration has on sending countries' development as well as on other stakeholders …

Migration of skilled workers from developing countries has increased substantially in recent years. Traditionally, such … importance to the development and reduction of poverty levels. Therefore, any loss of skilled workers through migration was … incentive and feedback effects which skilled migration has on sending countries' development as well as on other stakeholders …

-skill migration. Those policies have been justified as Pigovian regulations to raise efficiency by internalizing externalities, and as …

, fiscal balance and mitigating population ageing are likely to have been modest. There is also some evidence that immigration … respond to population increase. If this cannot be achieved, there may be merit in considering a reduced immigration target as … immigration as part of a strategy to pursue scale and agglomeration effects through increased population, or whether a decrease in …