In this paper, a review of the literature on the global efficiency consequences of migration and assess a new strand of that literature. This is the new economic case for migration restrictions, which...
On 27 Feb 2016 The World Bank was founded to correct failures in international capital markets. That role has shifted over the past 70 years. Modern analyses should proceed from the premise that the Bank’s central g...
On 03 Feb 2016 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 cor...
On 16 Sep 2015 Labor migration to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has massive effects on the GCC, the
countries migrants come from, and the migrants themselves and their families. Yet existing research on
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On 12 Nov 2013 Natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes can devastate people’s lives and a country’s economy, particularly in the developing world.This policy brief explores the various legal ch...
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