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This chapter investigates the two-way relationship between population aging and international migration. After … documenting the trends for both, we review the supply-push and demand-pull determinants of migration, focusing particularly on the … role of age and aging. We subsequently analyze the implications of migration in the context of aging for labor markets, as …
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This chapter discusses the research in economics on refugees and asylum seekers. Section 1 describes the trends in asylum seeking by source and host country. Section 2 presents a conceptual framework on why refugees might differ from other types of immigrants, and provides a new analysis...
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In this chapter, I discuss the recent academic research on international migration, focusing on the causes and … on immigration. My aim is to identify facts about international migration relevant to those concerned about why labor …
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Very few labor-based pathways for regular migration are available for people in Northern Central America, often called …-based migration channels in the region. It then argues that extending those channels is a necessary complement to asylum reform even …
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Russia's attacks against Ukraine have triggered massive and unexpected migration movements. In this paper, I examine … the impact of the inflow of Ukrainians that resulted from Russia's aggression in 2014 on local migration patterns in … internal and international out-migration of the Polish population. I provide supportive evidence that the decrease in out-migration …
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Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
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In this paper I use a unique data set from Nicaragua to asses the behavior of persons who send money back home. I estimate a heteroskedastic Tobit with a known form of variance to estimate the correlation of the remitting decisions of migrants. Working, residing in a developed country and...
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In this paper I document the fact that the relationship between human capital, as measured by education, and migration … policy on education and migration. I show that, by giving a monetary contribution to poor families that send their children …
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Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …
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This paper analyzes international migrations when migrants invest part of their income in their origin country. This …
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