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    • Effects of Return Migration on the Non-migrants' Wages and Employment 

      Hausmann, Ricardo; Nedelkoska, Ljubica (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2017-01)
      Background Over the past few decades, migration from developing to developed countries was often viewed as 'brain drain', as talented workers were forced out of their home countries due to lack of competitive opportunities. ...
    • Is Our Human Capital General Enough to Withstand the Current Wave of Technological Change? 

      Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Diodato, Dario; Neffke, Frank (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2018-08)
      The degree to which modern technologies are able to substitute for groups of job tasks has renewed fears of near-future technological unemployment. We argue that our knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA) go beyond the ...
    • The Role of the Diaspora in the Internationalization of the Colombian Economy 

      Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Assumpcao, Andre; Grisanti, Ana; Hartog, Matte; Hinz, Julian Jakob; Lu, Jessie; Muhaj, Daniela; Protzer, Eric; Saxenian, Annalee; Hausmann, Ricardo (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2021-05)
      We studied the geography as well as the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of 1.7 million members of the global Colombian diaspora (34% of the total estimated Colombian diaspora) using census and survey data ...
    • You Get What You Pay For: Sources and Consequences of the Public Sector Premium in Albania and Sri Lanka 

      Hausmann, Ricardo; Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Noor, Sehar (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2020-02)
      We study the factors behind the public sector premium in Albania and Sri Lanka, the group heterogeneity in the premium, the sources of public sector wage compression, and the impact of this compression on the way individuals ...