Migration & Urbanisation
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Hometown conflict and refugees’ integration efforts
Heightened violence in the hometowns of Syrian-born students led to improved scores in their new Turkish schools
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Can financial redistribution shape attitudes toward refugees?
Policy changes that raise aggregate welfare, but whose benefits are unevenly distributed, are often politically unfeasible. Politicians may recognise the overall gains from refugee integration, for example, but block visas or permits due to local people’s fears about job losses. But might an approach which allows refugees labour market access, and redistributes to host populations some of the resulting savings in foreign aid or public finance, generate the necessary political support?
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From migrant worker to owner: When temporary migration is used to start one’s own business
The majority of Bangladeshi migrants take on significant financial burdens to cover migration costs, but can enjoy high returns. Many returning migrants become small-scale entrepreneurs, using money saved while working abroad.
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Improving land security enabled structural transformation in China
Insecure land property rights are an important constraint on migration, structural transformation, and productivity growth, as much as all other labour mobility barriers in China
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Brain drain vs brain gain: Does international migration deplete poor countries of skilled workers?
Opportunities for nurses to migrate abroad can increase the supply of educated nurses at home
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When a refugee crisis isn’t: The minimal impacts of Syrians on Jordanians’ education
We find no evidence that Syrian refugees in Jordan affected educational outcomes for Jordanians
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Constructing influence: Political turnover reveals quid pro quo arrangements in Mumbai’s real estate
Political party turnover in a local election increased completion times of real estate projects in Mumbai
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Understanding rural-urban migration in the developing world
How does encouraging rural-urban migration in the developing world impact welfare?
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Coming home to prosperity: How return migration promotes economic development
Evidence from Mexico shows how migrants can foster local economic development after returning to their countries of origin