Maurice Schiff

Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Bonn

Germany

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“  I'm currently working on i) Migration, Brain and Ability Drain; ii) High and Low-Congestion Aquaculture under Autarky and Trade; and iii) Education, Governance, and Trade- and Distance-Related Technology Diffusion: Impact on the Latin America-East Asia TFP Gap and of South America’s Remoteness  ”

Scholarly Papers (73)

1.

Regional Cooperation, and the Role of International Organizations and Regional Integration

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff and L. Alan Winters
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and University of Sussex
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Regional Integration and Development in Small States

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Regional Integration and Development in Small States

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Oct 2001
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Brain Drain and its Determinants: A Major Issue for Small States

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3398
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 03 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
University of Luxemburg, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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human capital, small states, brain drain, openness

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Emigration and Democracy

Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano Development Studies Working Paper No. 307
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Sep 2011
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Ca Foscari University of VeniceUniversity of Milan, Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 196 (333,572)
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Migration, institutions, democracy, diaspora effects, brain drain

Emigration and Democracy

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5557
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Ca Foscari University of VeniceUniversity of Milan, Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 190 (343,505)
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Population Policies, Economic Theory & Research, International Migration, Human Migrations & Resettlements, Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement

Emigration and Democracy

University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 31/WP/2015
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Oct 2015
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Ca Foscari University of VeniceUniversity of Milan, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 99 (588,944)
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Migration, Institutions, Democracy, Development

Emigration and Democracy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5496
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Ca Foscari University of VeniceUniversity of Milan, Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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brain drain, migration, diaspora effects, democracy, institutions

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Agriculture and the Macroeconomy

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff and Alberto Valdes
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile - Department of Agricultural Economics
Downloads 519 (117,868)
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When Migrants Overstay Their Legal Welcome: A Proposed Solution to the Guest-Worker Program

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1401
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Nov 2004 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 476 (130,755)
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guest-worker program, illegal immigration, policy design, cooperation

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The Link between Poverty and Malnutrition: A Household Theoretic Approach

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 536
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff and Alberto Valdes
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile - Department of Agricultural Economics
Downloads 448 (140,728)

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Poverty Assessment, Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems, Environmental Economics & Policies, Health Economics & Finance, Health Monitoring & Evaluation

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Brain Gain: Claims About its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth are Greatly Exaggerated

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1599, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3708
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Sep 2005 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 430 (147,559)
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exaggerated claims, growth, welfare, brain gain size

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Social Capital, Trade and Optimal Migration Policy

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Sep 1998
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 428 (148,383)
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Migration, Trade and Investment: Complements or Substitutes

CEIS Working Paper No. 89
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Nov 2006
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 425 (149,555)
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Love Thy Neighbor: Trade, Migration and Social Capital

World Bank Working Paper
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Jul 2000
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 425 (149,555)
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Small is Beautiful : Preferential Trade Agreements and the Impact of Country Size, Market Share, Efficiency, and Trade Policy

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1668
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Jan 1998
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 403 (158,911)
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Regional Integration and Technology Diffusion: The Case of the North America Free Trade Agreement

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3132
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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Regional Integration and Technology Diffusion: The Case of the North America Free Trade Agreement

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3132
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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Water and Industry, Trade Policy, Trade and Regional Integration, Environmental Economics & Policies, Economic Theory & Research, Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems, Free Trade

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Regional Integration and Technology Diffusion: The Case of NAFTA

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Oct 2002
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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Regional integration, Technology diffusion, NAFTA

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Multilateral Trade Liberalization, Political Disintegration and the Choice of Free Trade Agreements Versus Customs Unions

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Jul 2000
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Regional Integration as Diplomacy

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff and L. Alan Winters
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and University of Sussex
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International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4925
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
University of Luxemburg, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Population Policies, Gender and Social Development, Reproductive Health, Human Migrations & Resettlements, Anthropology

International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2512
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Jan 2009
University of Luxemburg, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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international migration, endogenous fertility, human capital, social norms

International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3912
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
University of Luxemburg, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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international migration, endogenous fertility, human capital, social norms

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Trade-Related Technology Diffusion and the Dynamics of North-South and South-South Integration

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Jun 2002
Maurice Schiff, Marcelo Olarreaga and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), University of Geneva and Carleton University
Downloads 286 (231,073)
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Remittance Stability, Cyclicality and Stabilizing Impact in Developing Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5077
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Ileana C. Neagu and Maurice Schiff
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Economic Conditions and Volatility, Remittances, Debt Markets, Economic Theory & Research, Emerging Markets

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On the Geography of Trade: Distance is Alive and Well

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 20 Sep 2003
Maurice Schiff and Celine Carrere
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Université d'Auvergne - Clermont 1 - CERDI
Downloads 271 (242,523)
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Distance, trade costs, regionalization

On the Geography of Trade: Distance is Alive and Well

Revue Economique, Vol. 56, No. 6, 2005
Posted: 30 Apr 2007
Céline Carrère and Maurice Schiff
University of Geneva and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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Geography of Trade, Distance, Trade costs, Regionalization

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Migration and Diversity: Human Versus Social Capital

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1279
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 05 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Vlad Manole and Maurice Schiff
Rutgers University, Department of Economics and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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human capital, social capital, trade, migration, welfare

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Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3393
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 May 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Yoko Niimi, Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff
Doshisha University, World Bank - Research Department and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 250 (264,985)
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migration, remittances, education level, brain drain

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Labor Market Integration and Social Capital Disintegration

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Jul 2000
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Health and Development: What Can Research Contribute?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 545
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Health Systems Development & Reform, Health Economics & Finance, Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems, Housing & Human Habitats

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Greater Us Gun Ownership, Lethality and Murder Rates: Analysis and Policy Proposals

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12784
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Downloads 235 (281,584)
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US vs. other developed countries' gun-related murder rate, gun ownership and lethality, gun-control policies, immigration, new policy proposals

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The Political Economy of Social Exclusion with Implications for Immigration Policy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1087
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Mark Gradstein and Maurice Schiff
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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immigration policy, dynamics, social exclusion

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The Whys and Why Nots of Export Taxation

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and World Bank - Public Economics Division
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Optimal Immigration Policy: Permanent, Guest-Worker, or Mode IV?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3083
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2007
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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permanent, Mode IV, guest-worker, immigration, overstaying

Substitution in Markusen's Classic Trade and Factor Movement Complementarity Models

CEIS Working Paper No. 88
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 14 Nov 2006
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Substitution in Markusen's Classic Trade and Factor Movement Complementarity Models

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3974
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Free Trade, Trade Law, Economic Theory & Research, Trade Policy, International Trade and Trade Rules

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Brain Drain-Induced Brain Gain and the Bhagwati Tax: Are Early and Recent Paradigms Compatible?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11551
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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brain drain, brain gain, Bhagwati tax, education subsidy, welfare

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Regional Groupings Among Microstates

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Jan 1999
Soamiely Andriamananjara and Maurice Schiff
World Bank - World Bank Institute (WBI) and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Small State Regional Cooperation, South-South and South-North Migration, and International Trade

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4938
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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small states, South-South migration, regional cooperation, South-North migration, trade

Small State Regional Cooperation, South-South and South-North Migration, and International Trade

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5297
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Trade and Regional Integration, Population Policies, Economic Theory & Research, Post Conflict Reconstruction, Regional Economic Development

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Education, Governance and Trade-Related Technology Diffusion in Latin America

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1028
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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technology diffusion, trade, R&D intensity, education, governance, Latin America

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Aggregate Agricultural Supply Response in Developing Countries: A Survey of Selected Issues

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Universidad de Chile, Economics DepartmentWorld Bank Group
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Measuring Skilled Migration Rates: The Case of Small States

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4827
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Population Policies, International Migration, Education for Development (superceded), Human Migrations & Resettlements, Country Strategy & Performance

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Where on Earth is Everybody? The Evolution of Global Bilateral Migration 1960-2000

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5709
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
World Bank - Research Department, The University of Western Australia - Department of Economics, Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Purdue University - Center for Global Trade Analysis
Downloads 160 (401,325)
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Population Policies, Gender and Development, International Migration, Human Migrations & Resettlements, Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement

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Trade Policy and Labor Services: Final Status Options for the West Bank and Gaza

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1029
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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labor services, free trade agreement, customs union, unilateral liberalization, West Bank and Gaza

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On the Quantity and Quality of Knowledge: The Impact of Openness and Foreign Research and Development on North-North and North-South Technology Spillovers

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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On "Indirect" Trade-Related Research and Development Spillovers

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), University of Geneva and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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On the Inefficiency of Inequality

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Sep 2004
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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inequality, efficiency

On the Inefficiency of Inequality

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1283
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 05 May 2004
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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inequality, efficiency

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Will the Real Natural Trading Partner Please Stand Up?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Brain Drain and Productivity Growth: Are Small States Different?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3378
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 May 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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trade, technology diffusion, productivity growth, brain drain

Labor Mobility, Trade and Social Capital

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Jan 2004
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Labor Mobility, Trade and Social Capital

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1027
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 May 2004
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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trade, social capital, labor market integration

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Ability Drain

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2015/92
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Dec 2015
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Migration, points system, vetting system, ability drain, brain drain, gain

Ability Drain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9542
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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migration, points system, vetting system, ability drain, brain drain, brain gain

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North-South Technology Diffusion, Regional Integration, and the Dynamics of the 'Natural Trading Partners' Hypothesis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1384; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3434
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Dec 2004
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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North-South technology diffusion, productivity, regional integration, natural trading partners, Korea, Mexico, Poland

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Migration's Income and Poverty Impact Has Been Underestimated

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2088
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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underestimation, poverty, income, migration, reference groups

North-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion: Virtuous Growth Cycles in Latin America

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4943
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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growth, technology diffusion, trade, Latin America

North-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion: Virtuous Growth Cycles in Latin America

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5300
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems, Rural Development Knowledge & Information Systems, E-Business, Research and Development, Governance Indicators

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Labor Market Integration in the Presence of Social Capital

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Brain Drain, Educational Quality and Immigration Policy: Impact on Productive Human Capital in Source and Host Countries, with Canada as a Case Study

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7955
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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points system, country-preference system, education quantity-quality system, Canadian immigration policy, human capital impact

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Education, Governance, Trade and Distance: Impact on Technology Diffusion and the East Asia-Latin America Productivity Gap

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10843
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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East Asia and LAC, technology diffusion, productivity, education, trade, governance, distance

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Ability Drain: Size, Impact, and Comparison with Brain Drain Under Alternative Immigration Policies

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2016/22
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Migration, points system, vetting system, ability drain, brain drain

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Are Trade and Factor Movement Complements or Substitutes? Depends on Trade Policy

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Nov 2014
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Substitution, complementarity, trade, factor movement

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Measuring Skilled Emigration Rates: The Case of Small States

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3388
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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migration, skilled, brain drain, small states, evidence

Trade and Migration with Renewable Natural Resources: Out-of-Steady-State Dynamics

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 May 2010
Ramón López and Maurice Schiff
University of Maryland - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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renewable natural resources, depletion, transition dynamics, steady state, trade, migration, capital flows

Trade and Migration with Renewable Natural Resources: Out-of-Steady-State Dynamics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4923
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 May 2010 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Ramón López and Maurice Schiff
University of Maryland - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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renewable natural resources, depletion, transition dynamics, steady state, trade, migration, capital flows

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North-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion, Brain Drain and Productivity Growth: Are Small States Different?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4828
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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Economic Theory & Research, Education for Development (superceded), Education and Digital Divide, Emerging Markets, Labor Policies

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Market Presence, Contestability, and the Terms-of-Trade Effects of Regional Integration

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Maurice Schiff and Won Chang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and World Bank
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Beneficial Brain Drain and Non-Migrants' Welfare

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11483
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 May 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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education policy, source country residents, welfare, brain drain, education policy, net brain gain, source country residents, welfare

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Can Us Coordination Failure Explain Why Americans Work so Much More than Europeans?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8041
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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US coordination failure, work, leisure, Europe

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North-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion and Productivity Growth: Are Small States Different?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Jan 2009
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
Downloads 73 (700,963)
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Technology Diffusion, Trade, Productivity Growth, Education

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North-South Technology Spillovers: The Relative Impact of Openness and Foreign R&D

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3383
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 May 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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openness, R&D, technology diffusion, North-South

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Habit, Prisoner's Dilemma and Americans’ Welfare Cost of Working Much More than Europeans

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2015/02
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Feb 2015
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Work, leisure, Europe, US, prisoner’s dilemma, overworking trap

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A Political Economy and Voicing Model of the Institutional Impact of Brain Drain, Human Capital, Inequality and Country Size

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14460
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 19 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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political economy, voicing, institutional impact, brain drain, human capital, inequality

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Education, Governance, and Trade- and Distance-Related Technology Diffusion: Accounting for the Latin America-East Asia TFP Gap, and the TFP Impact of South America's Greater Distance to the North

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11049
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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education, governance, trade, distance, technology diffusion, productivity impact, Latin America, East Asia

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Benefits and Costs of Brain and Ability Drain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17199
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Aug 2024
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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migration, points system, vetting system, ability drain, brain drain, brain gain

Population Growth and the Tragedy of the Commons: Can Trade Prevent Natural Resource and Welfare Collapse?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17200
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Aug 2024
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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population growth, renewable natural resources (NR), trade vs autarky, NR and welfare or societal collapse

Population Growth and the Tragedy of the Commons: Can Trade Prevent Natural Resource and Welfare Collapse?

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 14 Oct 2024
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Population growth, Renewable natural resources (NR), Trade vs autarky, NR and welfare or societal collapse.

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Low, High and Super Congestion of a Renewable Natural Resource Under Autarky and Trade

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14279
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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natural resource, low, high and super congestion, open access and optimal regulation, autarky and trade, society’s collapse

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Low, High and Super Congestion of an Open-Access Natural Resource: The Autarky Case

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13652
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 09 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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open access, natural resource, low, high and super congestion, autarky and trade

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North-South and South-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion: An Industry Level Analysis

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Feb 2003
Maurice Schiff, Marcelo Olarreaga and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), University of Geneva and Carleton University
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Technology diffusion, trade, developing countries

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On 'Indirect' Trade-Related R&D Spillovers

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jul 2001
University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), University of Geneva and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Direct, indirect foreign R&D spillovers

Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less!

ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 126
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Aug 2024
Yoko Niimi, Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff
Doshisha University, World Bank - Research Department and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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financial sector development, migration levels, remittances, skilled labor, unskilled labor

Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less!

Posted: 10 Jul 2008
Yoko Niimi, Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff
Doshisha University, World Bank - Research Department and Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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migration, remittances, education level, brain drain

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North-South Technology Diffusion, Regional Integration, and the Dynamics of the “Natural Trading Partners” Hypothesis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1384
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 May 2004
Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Carleton University
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Mexico, Poland, Korea, North-South technology diffusion, natural trading partners, productivity, regional integration

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Institutional Impact of the Brain Drain, Human Capital and Inequality: A Political Economy Analysis

Posted: 09 Oct 2010
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

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rent-seeking, institutions, brain drain, human capital, inequality

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Small is Beautiful: Preferential Trade Agreements and The Impact of Country Size, Market Share, Efficiency, And Trade Policy

Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 12, No. 3, September, 1997
Posted: 17 Apr 1998
Maurice Schiff
Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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