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Tree Cover Perforation and Malaria: Evidence from Colombia
A growing literature seeks to econometrically identify the link between tree cover change and malaria, two of the most pressing problems facing the...
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Tariffs and the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Twitter
This paper examines the conjecture that an increase in tariffs in a flexible exchange rate regime leads to the appreciation of the local currency. We...
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International Migration of Labor
The international division of labor implies substantial disparities between countries in the availability of labor resources in terms of their size...
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Beyond ownership: assessing diverse housing typologies and policy interventions for affordable housing in Dilla, Ethiopia
This research addresses global housing crisis, a secondary city of Dilla in Ethiopia as a case study. This study seeks to fill the empirical...
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International Economic Policy
After WWII, there was a revival and expansion of all types of international economic activity. The current level of international activity has grown...
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Welfare Migration
The welfare magnet hypothesis, also referred to as welfare shop** or welfare tourism, that migrants make location choices based on the provision of...
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Richard B. Freeman (1943–)
For over five decades, Richard B. Freeman has been one of the world’s most influential, innovative and prolific labour economists. He has made...
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Global migration in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: the unstoppable force of demography
This paper sheds light on the global migration patterns of the past 40 years, and produces migration projections for the 21st century. To do this, we...
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Myth 3: Social Media Is Polarizing America
Compared to the many issues dividing America today, social mediasocial media is a relatively minor factor; it can amplify divisions, but it rarely...
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Global Challenges: Social Problems
The chapter focuses on such global social problems as mass poverty in less developed economies, social differentiation and demographic problem both...
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Illicit Border Trade in the Borderlands of Thailand and Lao PDR Under Trade Liberalization and AFTA
This chapter is based on a research project conducted in 2017 in the borderlands of Thai-Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). The research was...
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Migrationspolitik der EU zwischen Abwehr und Integration
In den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten haben Wanderungsbewegungen merklich auf die Bevölkerungsstruktur in Europa eingewirkt. Zunächst hat die...
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Immigration: What Now?
Here, we examine how the migration crisis has surpassed the economic turmoil of the Eurozone to become the EU’s greatest existential threat. With the...
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Walls and Fences: A Journey Through History and Economics
Throughout history, border walls and fences have been built for defense, to claim land, to signal power, and to control migration. The costs of...
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Overview and Characteristics of International Urban Migration
This chapter first analyzes the development of international urban migration from both the aggregate and regional perspectives based on “The World...
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Illegal immigration and the shadow economy
We build a model in which both illegal immigration and the size of the informal sector are endogenously determined. In this framework, we show that...
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Towards inclusive development through harnessing demographic dividend? Empirics for Africa
Africa is now at a historical moment of swift demographic transition, which has the potential to harness the demographic dividend and foster...
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Border Walls and Crime: Evidence From the Secure Fence Act
Despite a lack of rigorous empirical evidence, reduced crime is often touted as a potential benefit in the debate over increasing border...
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Becoming member of the European Union: What is the relationship with the robbery rate?
This paper aims at investigating the relationship between becoming member of the European Union and the robbery rate. Participating in illegal...
