This paper shows that trade and emigration of skilled workers from a poor country is complementary but that between … trade and emigration of unskilled workers is a substitute. The asymmetric effect of more openness to trade on the local … wage inequality as influenced by asymmetric emigration patterns. …

This paper identifies the determinants and patterns of mass migration in Moldova a country in which migration has … ; poverty ; CIS ; Moldova …

This paper identifies the determinants and patterns of mass migration in Moldova a country in which migration has … ; Poverty ; CIS ; Moldova …

Moldova. The authors find a positive and significant impact of emigration on wages and the result is robust to the use of … stagnation in their home country. At about 30 percent of the labor force, Moldova's emigrant population is in relative terms … among the largest in the world. This study uses a unique household survey to examine the impact of emigration on wages in …