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dc.titleBarriers to Exit
dc.contributor.authorLeón, Gianmarco
dc.contributor.authorChong, Alberto E.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2006-08-18T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractUnlike previous empirical studies that focus on barriers to entry in international trade, we focus on barriers to exit as measured by passport costs for a cross-section of countries. We test four common theories on the determinants of such exit barriers and find that macroeconomic and brain-drain explanations do explain high barriers to exit. However, institutional and cultural hypotheses do not appear to be empirically robust explanations of such high barriers. Our findings hold when applying instrumental variables, changes in specification, and changes in cross-country periods.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010866
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Barriers-to-Exit.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectMigration and Migrant
dc.subjectIntegration and Trade
dc.subject.keywordsWP-572
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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