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1 Migration and Economic Growth Edited by Mathias Czaika Research Officer, International Migration University of Oxford, UK Institute and Carlos Vargas-Silva Senior Researcher, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society University of Oxford, UK THE INTERNTIONL LIRRY OF STUDIES ON MIGRTION n Elgar Research Collection Cheltenham, UK Northampton, M, US

2 Contents cknowledgements Introduction Mathias Czaika and Carlos Vargas-Silva ix xiii PRT I ECONOMIC DRIVERS OF MIGRTION: THE ROLE OF GROWTH ND RELTED ECONOMIC FCTORS Classical Theories 1. Larry. Sjaastad (1962), 'The Costs and Returns of Human Migration', Journal of Political Economy, 70 (5), Part 2: Investment in Human eings, October, John R. Harris and Michael P. Todaro (1970), 'Migration, Unemployment and Development: Two-Sector nalysis', merican Economic Review, 60(1), Jacob Mincer (1978), 'Family Migration Decisions', Journal of Political Economy, 86 (5), October, , ' Oded Stark and David Levhari (1982), 'On Migration and Risk in LDCs', Economic Development and Cultural Change, 31 (1), October, Oded Stark and J. Edward Taylor (1989), 'Relative Deprivation and International Migration', Demography, 26 (1), February, arry R. Chiswick (1999), 're Immigrants Favorably Self- ' Selected?', merican Economic Review, 89 (2), May, Empirical Evidence 7. George J. orjas (1987), 'Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants', merican Economic Review, 11 (4), September, Michael J. Greenwood and Gary L. Hunt (1989), 'Jobs versus menities in the nalysis of Metropolitan Migration', Journal of Urban Economics, 25 (1), January, Michael Vogler and Ralph Rotte (2000), 'The Effects of - Development on Migration: Theoretical Issues and New Empirical Evidence', Journal of Population Economics, 13 (3), Peder J. Pedersen, Mariola Pytlikova and Nina Smith (2008), 'Selection and Network Effects - Migration Flows into OECD Countries ', European Economic Review, 52 (7), October,

3 vi Migration and Economic Growth 11. nna Maria Mayda (2010),'International Migration: Panel Data nalysis of the Determinants of ilateral Flows', Journal of Population Economics, 23 (4), Mathias Czaika and Krisztina Kis-Katos (2009), 'Civil Conflict and Displacement: Village-Level Determinants of Forced Migration in ceh', Journal of Peace Research, 46 (3), C Return Migration 13. Yaohui Zhao (2002), 'Causes and Consequences of Return Migration: Recent Evidence from China', Journal of Comparative Economics, 30 (2), June, Christian Dustmann (2003), 'Return Migration, Wage Differentials, and the Optimal Migration Duration', European Economic Review, 47 (2), Dean Yang (2006), 'Why do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks', Review of Economics and Statistics, 88 (4), November, PRT II THE DIRECT ND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF IMMIGRTION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: MULTIPLE CHNNELS Labour Markets 16. David Card (1990), 'The Impact of the Mariel oatlift on the Miami Labor Market', Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 43 (2), January, ; Jennifer Hunt (1992), 'The Impact of the 1962 Repatriates from lgeria on the French Labor Market', Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 45 (3), pril, George J. orjas (1995), 'The Economic enefits from Immigration', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9 (2), Spring, Rachel M. Friedberg (2001), 'The Impact of Mass Migration on the Israeli Labor Market', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116 (4), November, David Card (2001), 'Immigrant Inflows, Native Outflows, and the Local Labor Market Impacts of Higher Immigration', Journal of Labor Economics, 19 (1), January, Fiscal Impact 21. lan J. uerbach and Philip Oreopoulos (1999), 'nalyzing the Fiscal Impact of U.S. Immigration', merican Economic Review, 89 (2), May,

4 Migration and Economic Growth 22. Kjetil Storesletten (2000), 'Sustaining Fiscal Policy through Immigration', Journal of Political Economy, 108 (2), pril, Ronald Lee and Timothy Miller (2000), 'Immigration, Social Security, and roader Fiscal Impacts', merican Economic Review, ' 90 (2), May, ssaf Razin, Efraim Sadka and Phillip Swagel (2002), 'Tax urden and Migration: Political Economy Theory and Evidence', Journal of Public Economics, 85 (2), ugust, C Technology and Innovation v. 25. William R. Kerr (2008), 'Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion', Review of Economics and Statistics, 90 (3), ugust, Jennifer Hunt and Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle (2010), 'How Much Does Immigration oost Innovation?', merican Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2 (2), pril, William R. Kerr (2010), 'reakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation', Journal of Urban Economics, 67 (1), January, Jennifer Hunt (2011), 'Which Immigrants re Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa', Journal of Labor Economics, 29 (3), July, PRT III THE DIRECT ND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF EMIGRTION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: MULTIPLE CHNNELS rain Drain and rain Gain 29. Robert E.. Lucas (1987), 'Emigration to South frica's Mines', merican Economic Review, 11 (3), June, Michel eine, Frederic Docquier and Hillel Rapoport (2001), 'rain Drain and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence', Journal of Development Economics, 64 (1), February, Oded Stark (2004), 'Rethinking the rain Drain', World Development, 32 (1), Michel eine, Frederic Docquier and Cecily Oden-Defoort (2011), ' Panel Data nalysis of the rain Gain', World Development, 39 (4), Remittances 33. Richard H. dams Jr. and John Page (2005), 'Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?', World Development, 33 (10),

5 Migration and Economic Growth 34. Carlos Vargas-Silva (2008), 're Remittances Manna from Heaven? Look at the usiness Cycle Properties of Remittances', North merican Journal of Economics and Finance, 19 (3), December, Natalia Catrinescu, Miguel Leon-Ledesma, Matloob Piracha and ryce Quillin (2009), 'Remittances, Institutions, and Economic Growth', World Development, 37 (1), Paola Giuliano and Marta Ruiz-rranz (2009), 'Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth', Journal of Development Economics, 90 (1), September, PRT IV MIGRTION, LONG-TERM GROWTH ND CONVERGENCE 37. Richard. Easterlin (1966), 'Economic-Demographic Interactions and Long Swings in Economic Growth', merican Economic Review, LVI (5), December, Robert J. arro and Xavier Sala-i-Martin (1991), 'Convergence cross States and Regions', rookings Papers on Economic ctivity, 1, , John F. Helliwell (1996), 'Convergence and Migration among Provinces', Canadian Journal of Economics, XXIX, Special Issue: Part 1, pril, S324-S lan M. Taylor and Jeffrey G. Williamson (1997), 'Convergence in the ge of Mass Migration', European Review of Economic History, 1(1), pril,

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