Many thanks to @voxdev.bsky.social for featuring our research on internal migration in Indonesia, where we show that emigration raises wages and improves job opportunities for workers who stay behind in origin areas: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The old view of skilled emigration as a 'brain drain' has collapsed after a generation of research.
Skilled migrants cause innovation, technology transfer, and human capital investment in the countries they leave. The best summary is @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social et al.โ>
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Check out our new VoxDevLit on International Migration! Thanks to co-editors @catiabatista.bsky.social, @econgaurav.bsky.social, @dmckenzie.bsky.social, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social, & Caroline Theoharides!
We look to working together on this "living literature review" in the years to come...
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Midwest International Economic Development Conference
The 22nd Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) will be held at UIUC March 28โ29, 2025. Co-hosted by Ag Econ and Econ. Mushfiq Mobarak @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social keynote. Always one of my favorite conferences.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
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