Gentili, Andrea ;
Ferretti, Luca
(2013)
Cumulative Causation at Work: Intergenerational Transfers and Social Capital in a Spatially Varied Economy.
Bologna:
Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE,
p. 34.
DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsacta/3895.
In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE
(868).
ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract
This paper models the dynamic of migration with a particular focus on the cumulative process that causes a variation in the distribution of income in sending communities and therefore a variation in the distribution of skills across different cohorts. The model provides a theoretical framework to Cumulative Causation theory of migration and specifically a theoretical rationale behind the use of migration prevalence ratio to study migration flows. Moreover the model shows how brain drain (in sending communities) and negative cohort effect in terms of education (in receiving communities) are the result of a positive selection of migrants in terms of skills if there is a intergenerational transmission of education.
Abstract
This paper models the dynamic of migration with a particular focus on the cumulative process that causes a variation in the distribution of income in sending communities and therefore a variation in the distribution of skills across different cohorts. The model provides a theoretical framework to Cumulative Causation theory of migration and specifically a theoretical rationale behind the use of migration prevalence ratio to study migration flows. Moreover the model shows how brain drain (in sending communities) and negative cohort effect in terms of education (in receiving communities) are the result of a positive selection of migrants in terms of skills if there is a intergenerational transmission of education.
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(Working Paper)
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Migration, Overlapping Generation, Networks, Selection
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2282-6483
DOI
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Last modified
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Document type
Monograph
(Working Paper)
Creators
Keywords
Migration, Overlapping Generation, Networks, Selection
Subjects
ISSN
2282-6483
DOI
Deposit date
05 Dec 2013 09:31
Last modified
19 Feb 2014 08:46
URI
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