Impact of amnesty programmes: Evidence from undocumented refugees in Colombia

Providing migrants working rights and social benefits has minimal impacts on local labour markets...

How organised crime can affect economic development: Evidence from El Salvador

For individuals living in El Salvador’s gang territories, restrictions on freedom of movement significantly limit one’s labour market options...

How economic development shapes emigration

Aid agencies have invested in the idea that economic development reduces emigration from poor countries, but the experience has been very different...

How refugees boost business growth in hosting locations

A large influx of Syrian refugees in Turkey induced substantial increments in Turkish firm production and entry, with variation in effects across firm size and sectors...

How remittances affect long-run economic change in rural labour markets

International labour migration and related remittances increase human capital attainment in rural areas, and over the long run trigger a shift of jobs out of farming towards the service sector...

Migration and post-conflict reconstruction

The return of Yugoslavian refugees from Germany in the 1990s explains the stronger performance of exports to the rest of the world in industries where they were employed while abroad...