Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill …

terms but widening in absolute terms. Countries in the middle and lower deciles of the world distribution achieved the …

. With new data on selective immigration during the era of mass migrations at the end of the 19th century, we show that human … our estimations, the effect of selective immigration on real GDP per capita in the year 2000 is significant and equals …

. With new data on selective immigration during the era of mass migrations at the end of the 19th century, we show that human … our estimations, the effect of selective immigration on real GDP per capita in the year 2000 is significant and equals …

How does global aging affect the convergence in global economic development? Both the developing and developed world … Official Development Assistance (ODA) will remain necessary capital flows for the developing world in the near future … donors face in offering development assistance and designing immigration policy. …

knowledge throughout the world explains a period of increasing world inequality after the take-off of the forerunners of the … industrial revolution, followed by decreasing relative inequality. Knowledge diffusion through a Small World network explains the … individual countries in the course of world development. …