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This paper studies the effect of refugee resettlement on human capital accumulation. The analysis is performed in a growth model with endogenous fertility. I show how refugee resettlement from a more advanced and wealthier economy to a less advanced and less wealthy economy combined with income...
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redistribution are related to immigration to various rich countries. In this paper, we take a look at the other side of the coin. We … ; emigration ; redistribution ; brain drain ; education …
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welcome more immigrants. On theoretical grounds, the relationship between immigration and support for redistribution is … ambiguous. Immigration may increase ethnic diversity, which may reduce the support for redistribution. On the other hand …, natives may demand more redistribution as an insurance against labour market risks brought by immigration. In this chapter, we …
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shifted in favor of redistribution but polarized over low-skill immigration. Notably, there is a sharp increase in the share …
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participation in the labor force. This burden runs contrary to the teachings of optimal tax theory and introduces excessive …
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This paper critiques the last decade of research on the effects of high-skill emigration from developing countries, and proposes six new directions for fruitful research. The study singles out a core assumption underlying much of the recent literature, calling it the Lump of Learning model of...
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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...
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Over the past decades, globalization has led to a huge increase in the migration of workers, as well as students. This paper develops a simple two-step model that describes the decisions of an individual vis-à-vis education and migration, and presents a unified model, wherein the two migration...
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How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out in the fight against...
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Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high … investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit … argue with theory and a range of nonexperimental falsification tests that exit by skilled workers was a necessary causal …
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