Immigration has been a steady force acting on population and employment within countries
throughout human history. Focusing on the last four decades, we show that the mix of …

Using longitudinal data on the universe of workers in Denmark during the period 1991–
2008, we track the labor market outcomes of low-skilled natives in response to an …

When migrants move from one country to another, they carry a new range of skills and
perspectives, which nurture technological innovation and stimulate economic growth. At the …

We propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces and decompose
it into a size (share of immigrants) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component. We …

In this study, we use cross‐country bilateral data to quantify a two‐step process of
international migration and its aggregate determinants. We first analyze which country …

We study the impact of international long-distance flights on the global spatial allocation of
economic activity. To identify causal effects, we exploit variation due to regulatory and …

We examine the relationship between immigration and preferences for redistribution in
Europe using a newly assembled dataset of immigrant stocks for 140 regions in 16 Western …

This paper analyses the impact of large and persistent emigration from Eastern European
countries over the past 25 years on these countries' growth and income convergence to …

The diffusion of tacit knowledge involves direct human interactions. This implies that the
international diffusion of knowledge should follow the pattern of international migration. We …

International migration is an important determinant of institutions, not considered so far in the
development literature. Using cross-sectional and panel estimation for a large sample of …