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Stranded! How Rising Inequality Suppressed US Migration and Hurt Those Left Behind
Mr. Tamim Bayoumi
and
Jelle Barkema
Using bilateral data on migration across US metro areas, we find strong evidence that increasing house price and income inequality has reduced long distance migration, the type most linked to jobs. For those migrating uphill, from a less to a more prosperous location, lower mobility is driven by increasing house price inequlity, as the disincentives from higher house prices dominate the incentives from higher earnings. By contrast, increasing income inequality drives the fall in downhill migration as the disincentives from lower earnings dominate the incentives from lower house prices. The model underlines the plight of those trapped in decaying metro areas—those “left behind”.
Keywords:
WP; house price; Migration; Inequality; Economic; Opportunity; long-distance migration; income divergence; B. migration result; migration flow; income differential; life-cycle migration pattern; migration data; destination increase migration; house price differential; Housing prices; Personal income; Income inequality; Global
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How Do Migration and Remittances Affect Inequality? A Case Study of Mexico
Zsoka Koczan
and
Franz Loyola
The poverty-reducing effects of remittances have been well-documented, however, their effects on inequality are less clear. This paper examines the impact of remittances on inequality in Mexico using household-level information on the receiving side. It hopes to speak to their insurance role by examining how remittances are affected by domestic and external crises: the 1994 Mexican Peso crisis and the Global Financial Crisis. We find that remittances lower inequality, and that they become more pro-poor over time as migration opportunities become more widespread. This also strengthens their insurance effects, mitigating some of the negative impact of shocks on the poorest.
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WP; center; Gini coefficient; remittance; remittance receipt; No. of elderly; Migration; remittances; inequality; migration opportunity; income distribution migrant; remittances relative; remittance-receiving household; No. of child; determinants of remittance; decile point; migration flow; Income; Income distribution; Income inequality; Global
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Finance and Development, December 2016
International Working Group on External Debt Statistics
This issue of Finance & Development examines the good and bad sides of globalization. Sebastian Mallaby notes that after decades of increasing cross-border movements of capital, goods, and people, only migration continues apace. Capital flows have collapsed, and trade has stagnated. However, rather than a sign of retreat, trade and finance may be resetting to a more sustainable level consistent with continued globalization. IMF Chief Economist Maurice Obstfeld takes a closer look at trade. Ismaila Dieng profiles Leonard Wantchekon, a former activist who plans to train the next generation of African economists. Wantchekon, now a professor at Princeton University, is one of the few African economists teaching at a top US university. His research, which has received considerable attention from development economists, focuses on the political and historical roots of economic development in Africa.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; income; trade; gain; economy
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Finances & Développement, mars 2015
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Finances & Développement, mars 2015
Keywords:
FD; F&D; worker; firm; IMF-World Bank; job growth; income
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Finance and Development, March 2015
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Finance and Development, March 2015
Keywords:
FD; F&D; worker; firm; IMF-World Bank; job growth; income
Cover Finance & Development
Finance and Development, March 2015
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Finance and Development, March 2015
Keywords:
FD; F&D; worker; firm; IMF-World Bank; job growth; income
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Finanzas y Desarrollo, marzo de 2015
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Finanzas y Desarrollo, marzo de 2015
Keywords:
FD; F&D; worker; firm; IMF-World Bank; job growth; income
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Finance & Development, March 2015
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
This chapter discusses the impact of global recession on the working population and looks at the future of work in the global economy from a variety of angles. IMF economist Prakash Loungani leads off with an overview of the global jobs landscape and examines the reasons behind the slow recovery of jobs in the wake of the global financial crisis. The chapter also highlights an argument for a jobs- and wage-led global recovery, while IMF researchers probe the relationship between declining trade union membership and inequality.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; worker; firm; IMF-World Bank; job growth; income; household enterprise employment; jobs package; crisis level; Unemployment; Wages; Income inequality; Personal income; Global; Europe; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa; Caribbean