US
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Brain drain vs brain gain: Does international migration deplete poor countries of skilled workers?
Opportunities for nurses to migrate abroad can increase the supply of educated nurses at home
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State capacity and the development of the US
What was the role of state capacity in the economic development of the US?
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Black enfranchisement and white mobilisation: Evidence from the Voting Rights Act
How do majority groups react to policy interventions empowering minorities?
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Finance and climate resilience
Broadening access to finance can enable communities to adapt to large adverse climatic shocks and reduce emigration
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Coming home to prosperity: How return migration promotes economic development
Evidence from Mexico shows how migrants can foster local economic development after returning to their countries of origin
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The transformative effects of US patents for Chinese exporters
Patents from recognised hubs confer benefits to foreign patent holders beyond market protection, such as valuable global signals of quality and credibility
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The cross-border effects of environmental regulation: Evidence from battery recycling in the US and Mexico
Tightened US regulations around lead increased exports of lead-acid batteries to Mexico for recycling, worsening health outcomes for locals, especially the poor
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Making sense of the US-China trade war
Chad Bown discusses what happened during the US-China trade war, when, what it meant - and what happens next
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Measuring the cost of living in Mexico and the US
Data on prices and quantities of consumer packaged goods suggest that Mexican real consumption relative to the US is larger than previously estimated