This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world … distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and … education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …

significant net benefits, over the past couple of decades the positive effects of immigration on per capita growth, productivity …, together with other forms of population growth, has exacerbated pressures on New Zealand's insufficiently-responsive housing … immigration could facilitate lower interest rates, a lower exchange rate, and more balanced growth going forward. …

and mobility decisions, population growth, and income disparities across and within countries. First, our static … for the 21st century. Assuming the continuation of recent education and migration policies, we predict stable disparities …

.S. immigrant workers and workers in their 42 home countries. The average price equivalent of migration barriers in this setting …

destinations, and +0.74 to rich destinations. This relationship between emigration flows and economic growth is highly robust to …

We present an empirical evaluation of the growth effects of the brain drain for the source countries of migrants. Using … recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the …

parameterize a two-sector, two-class, world economy model that endogenizes education decisions, population growth, labor mobility … the sectoral allocation of talent have substantial impacts on inequality, while the effect of international migration is …