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Impact of refugee population on development : a comparative analysis for the case of host economies
Kouni, Mohamed - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 18 (2018) 1, pp. 77-96
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011896609
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Birthplace Diversity and Economic Prosperity
Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328934
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Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity
Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009793124
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Birthplace Diversity and Economic Prosperity
Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010718612
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Refugee resettlement, redistribution and growth
Azarnert, Leonid - 2017
growth model with endogenous fertility. I propose a redistribution scheme and show that refugee resettlement from a more … resettlement policy to stimulate human capital accumulation and hence economic growth in both economies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603270
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The role of trade-led economic growth in fostering development : lessons for the post-2015 development agenda
Priyadarshi, Shishir; Biswas, Trineesh - 2014 - Manuscript date: 18 July 2014
This essay reviews the historical and ongoing role played by trade in sustained high growth and human development … supply-side capacity. Given the strong links between trade-led growth, economic upgrading, and poverty reduction, the paper … argues that trade led economic growth must be prioritised in the post-2015 development agenda. …
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Peter Bauer: Blazing the Trail of Development
Vasquez, Ian - In: Econ Journal Watch 4 (2007) 2, pp. 197-212
Peter Bauer was a pioneer in development economics and his contributions to the field have been vindicated by the collapse of central planning. Through most of his career, however, Bauer was marginalized by the economics profession. Even after the fall of the Berlin Wall, economists frequently...
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Migration for development : from challenges to opportunities
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2017
This contribution investigates the opportunities of migration for developing countries. The benefits of migration for sending countries are often undervalued. But migrants may foster trade, remittances, innovations, investments back home, and even return home at some time with better human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114016
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Aid, growth and decentralization
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009
This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300603
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Fiscal federalism and foreign transfers: does inter-jurisdictional competition increase foreign aid effectiveness?
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2010
effectiveness. For this purpose we examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering different measures of fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305466