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Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor

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  • Julie Christensen

    (Amherst College)

  • Darius Onul

    (Amherst College)

  • Prakarsh Singh

    (Amherst College)

Abstract

We reevaluate the hypothesis and empirical result that ethnic civil wars lead to higher skilled emigration [Bang and Mitra in East Econ J 39(3):387–401, 2013]. We develop a simple conceptual framework that predicts contrasting results depending upon if the economy is assumed to be agglomerating in skilled labor or non-agglomerating with network effects. In the latter case, non-ethnic wars may lead to higher skilled emigration. A regression model that accounts for the time-varying definition of migration and includes important explanatory variables shows that non-ethnic wars as opposed to ethnic wars may lead to more skilled emigration.

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  • Julie Christensen & Darius Onul & Prakarsh Singh, 2018. "Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 44(1), pages 18-29, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:easeco:v:44:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1057_s41302-016-0069-7
    DOI: 10.1057/s41302-016-0069-7
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