Labor Markets and Migration Research
Prof’s Pick: Remittances and what their decline means for development (recommended by Prof. Caprio)
With economic decline looming and borders tightening in the developed world, remittances are going down the tubes. Michael Clemens of the Center for Global Development explores what this means for development.
Read MoreProf. Gibson recommends this podcast on “Sweatshops”
In this EconTalks podcast episode, Russ Roberts discusses sweatshop labor, and how people evaluate where to work, with Chris Blattman of the University of Chicago.
Read MoreCourse Text: Principles of Microeconomics
This book by Gregory Mankiw is one of the core texts used in recent years for CDE orientation, and is also a reference text for “Public Economics,” a core course taught in the fall.
Read MoreBlog: “Kremer’s O-ring theory of economic development”
Economist Jason Collins provides a short analysis of Michael Kremer’s 1993 paper on the “O-ring theory of development,” a suggestion for why development might break down when just one component fails.
Read MoreFull Article: “Worms at Work: Long-Run Impacts of a Child Health investment”
In this study, Michael Kremer and crew assess the impacts of childhood de-worming interventions in Kenya on how those same children perform in the labor market once they’ve grown up, and find some surprisingly persistent effects on their welfare.
Read MoreArticle: The Cost of Labor Regulations in India
Cost of Labour Regulation in India Innovative Research on the Cost of Labor Regulations
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