The 45th Brazilian Meeting of Economics (ANPEC - Associação National de Pós-Graduação em Economia) took place in Natal, from December 12-15, 2017. Alexandre Gori presented the paper analyzing how rural migration affects average agricultural yield in Brazil.

The study presented by Alexandre Gori, written in partnership with Erik Katovich (UW-Madison), The paper highlights how immigration exerts positive impacts on agricultural productivity, while emigration exerts generally negative impacts. Click here to read it.