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Overview

Hillel Rapoport is affiliated with the Paris School of Economics in France. Their research spans the field of Social Sciences with a particular focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The main topics addressed in Rapoport's work include Migration and Labor Dynamics, Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Global trade and economics, International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy, Social Policy and Reform Studies, and International Development and Aid.

Rapoport has contributed to several publication venues, showing frequent appearances in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (19 publications)
  • Journal of Economic Geography (5 publications)
  • Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique (2 publications)
  • Journal of Development Economics (2 publications)
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials (2 publications)

Recent papers by Rapoport include:

  • "Migration and Cultural Change", 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Immigration and preferences for redistribution in Europe", 2021, Journal of Economic Geography
  • "Migrant inventors and the technological advantage of nations", 2020, Research Policy
  • "Migration and Knowledge Diffusion: The Effect of Returning Refugees on Export Performance in the Former Yugoslavia", 2022, The Review of Economics and Statistics
  • "An introduction to the economics of immigration in OECD countries", 2020, Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique

Rapoport frequently collaborates with co-authors including Fredérić Docquier, Dany Bahar, Sulin Sardoschau, Camilo Umaña-Dajud, and Yajna Govind.

Best Publications

  • Brain drain and economic growth: theory and evidence

    Michel Beine;Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport

  • Brain drain and economic growth: theory and evidence

    Michel Beine;Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport;Hillel Rapoport

  • The Economics of Migrants' Remittances

    Hillel Rapoport;Hillel Rapoport;Hillel Rapoport;Frédéric Docquier;Frédéric Docquier

  • Globalization, Brain Drain, and Development

    Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport

  • Network effects and the dynamics of migration and inequality: Theory and evidence from Mexico

    David Mckenzie;Hillel Rapoport

  • Can migration reduce educational attainment ? Evidence from Mexico

    David McKenzie;Hillel Rapoport

  • Brain drain and human capital formation in developing countries : winners and losers

    Michel Beine;Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport

  • Can migration reduce educational attainment? Evidence from Mexico

    David McKenzie;Hillel Rapoport;Hillel Rapoport;Hillel Rapoport

  • Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity

    Alberto Francesco Alesina;Alberto Francesco Alesina;Johann Harnoss;Johann Harnoss;Hillel Rapoport

  • Self-Selection Patterns in Mexico-U.S. Migration: The Role of Migration Networks

    David McKenzie;Hillel Rapoport

  • Skilled Migration: The Perspective of Developing Countries

    Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport;Hillel Rapoport

  • Skilled Migration: The Perspective of Developing Countries

    Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport;Hillel Rapoport

  • International labor and capital flows: Complements or substitutes?

    Maurice Kugler;Maurice Kugler;Hillel Rapoport

  • Emigration and democracy

    Frédéric Docquier;Elisabetta Lodigiani;Hillel Rapoport;Maurice Schiff

  • Migration, Knowledge Diffusion and the Comparative Advantage of Nations

    Dany Bahar;Hillel Rapoport

  • Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The microdata show that more educated migrants remit more

    Albert Bollard;David McKenzie;Melanie Morten;Hillel Rapoport

  • Measuring International Skilled Migration: A New Database Controlling for Age of Entry

    Michel Beine;Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport

  • Remittances and the brain drain revisited : the microdata show that more educated migrants remit more

    Albert Bollard;David McKenzie;Melanie Morten;Hillel Rapoport

  • Brain Drain and Brain Gain: The Global Competition to Attract High-Skilled Migrants

    Tito Boeri;Herbert Brücker;Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport

  • Migration selectivity and the evolution of spatial inequality

    Ravi Kanbur;Hillel Rapoport

  • Tradable immigration quotas

    Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga;Hillel Rapoport;Hillel Rapoport

  • Brain Drain and LDCs? Growth: Winners and Losers

    Michel Beine;Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport

  • Remittances, Migrants’Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data

    Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport;Hillel Rapoport;Hillel Rapoport;Sara Salomone;Sara Salomone

  • Remittances and inequality: a dynamic migration model

    I-Ling Shen;Frédéric Docquier;Hillel Rapoport

Frequent Co-Authors

Frédéric Docquier
Frédéric Docquier Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
Michel Beine
Michel Beine University of Luxembourg
Alberto Alesina
Alberto Alesina Harvard University
Maurice Kugler
Maurice Kugler George Mason University
Caglar Ozden
Caglar Ozden World Bank
Ravi Kanbur
Ravi Kanbur Cornell University
Maurice Schiff
Maurice Schiff Institute of Labor Economics
Michael A. Clemens
Michael A. Clemens George Mason University
Fosca Giannotti
Fosca Giannotti Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Yves Zenou
Yves Zenou Monash University

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