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Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor

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  • Christensen, Julie

    (Amherst College)

  • Onul, Darius

    (Amherst College)

  • Singh, Prakarsh

    (Amazon)

Abstract

We reevaluate the hypothesis and empirical result that ethnic civil wars lead to higher skilled emigration (Bang and Mitra, 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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  • Christensen, Julie & Onul, Darius & Singh, Prakarsh, 2016. "Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor," IZA Discussion Papers 10094, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10094
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    Keywords

    agglomeration; ethnic war; brain drain; emigration; civil war; high-skilled migration;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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