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January 14, 2010
The raging U.S. immigration debate has largely overlooked the question of how such migration affects developing countries. CGD research fellow Michael Clemens says that economists agree that the migration of unskilled workers is good for the sending countries. More surprisingly, he argues that new r...
WORKING PAPERS
March 09, 2007
Large numbers of African nurses and doctors are emigrating to the U.S., U.K., Australia and other rich countries. These movements strain local health systems and deprive sick people of urgently needed care. Right? Think again. What if wages and working conditions in city slums and rural villages are...