The Effect of Occupational Visas on Native Employment: Evidence from Labor Supply to Farm Jobs in the Great Recession
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 10492
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 10492
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In: Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 463
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In: Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 459
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In: IZA journal of labor policy, Band 4, Heft 1
ISSN: 2193-9004
AbstractSkilled workers emigrate from developing countries in rising numbers, raising fears of a drain on the human and financial resources of the countries they leave. This paper critiques existing policy proposals to address the development effects of skilled migration. It then proposes a new kind ofex antepublic-private agreement to link skill formation and skilled migration for the mutual benefit of origin countries, destination countries, and migrants: 'Global Skill Partnerships'. The paper describes how such an agreement might work in one profession (nursing) and one region (North Africa), and offers design lessons from related initiatives around the world.JEL codes:F22, J24, O15
Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with preventing skilled workers from leaving poor countries, where their skills are needed. Some advocates urge restrictions or taxes on the emigration of doctors and engineers from developing countries. Others urge incentives to encourage skilled workers to remain or return home or policies to facilitate their interactions with home countries. Regulations often reflect compassionate and political sentiments without clear evidence that the regulations achieve the desired development goals and avoid pernicious side effects.
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In: Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 415
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In: Würzburger Online-Schriften zum Europarecht Nr. 4
In: Journal of globalization and development, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 1-39
ISSN: 1948-1837
AbstractSkilled workers have a rising tendency to emigrate from developing countries, raising fears that their departure harms the poor. To mitigate such harm, researchers have proposed a variety of policies designed to tax or restrict high-skill migration. Those policies have been justified as Pigovian regulations to raise efficiency by internalizing externalities, and as non-Pigovian regulations grounded in equity or ethics. This paper challenges both sets of justifications, arguing that Pigovian regulations on skilled emigration are inefficient and non-Pigovian regulations are inequitable and unethical. It concludes by discussing a different class of policy intervention that, in contrast, has the potential to raise welfare.
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In: Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 359
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In: American economic review, Band 103, Heft 3, S. 198-202
ISSN: 1944-7981
Why do workers earn so much more in the United States than in India? This study compares the earnings of workers in the two countries in a unique setting. The product is perfectly tradable (software), technology differences are nil (they are members of the same work team), and the workers are identical in expectation (those who enter the United States are chosen by natural randomization). The results suggest that output tradability, technology, and human capital together explain much less than half of the earnings gap. Location itself may have large effects on individual workers' wages and productivity, for reasons poorly understood.
In: Der Landkreis: Zeitschrift für kommunale Selbstverwaltung, Band 83, Heft 10, S. 630-631
ISSN: 0342-2259
In: Center for Global Development, Working Paper No. 326
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In: Journal of Economic Perspectives, Forthcoming
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In: Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 212
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