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Low-skilled labor migration in Tajikistan : determinants and effects on expenditure patterns
Meier, Kristina - 2014
It is often assumed that international labor migration from Tajikistan, while having no noticeable effects on … the migration decision is developed and tested empirically. In a second step, the effect of low-skilled labor migration on … household expenditure shares is analyzed using 2SLS. While only weak effects of migration measured by a simple dummy are visible …
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Foreign inventors in the US : testing for diaspora and brain gain effects
Breschi, Stefano; Lissoni, Francesco; Miguelez, Ernest - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343638
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The impact of worker effort on public sentiment towards temporary migrants
Epstein, Gil S.; Venturini, Alessandra - 2011
Temporary and circular migration programs have been devised by many destination countries and supported by the European … additional reason for proposing temporary migration policies based on the characteristics of the foreign labor-effort supply. The … when temporary migration policies are adopted. -- Migration ; Exertion of effort ; Contracted Temporary Migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008990097
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Development through seasonal worker programs : the case of New Zealand's RSE program
Gibson, John K.; McKenzie, David J. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348908
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Unconventional fiscal policy in HANK
Seidl, Hannah; Seyrich, Fabian - 2021
In HANK, we show that fiscal policy is an appropriate macroeconomic stabilization tool at the ZLB. Fiscal policy achieves the same macroeconomic aggregates and the same welfare as hypothetically unconstrained monetary policy by replicating its transmission mechanism. Consumption taxes and labor...
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Durable consumption, limited VAT pass-through and stabilization effects of temporary VAT changes
Clemens, Marius; Röger, Werner - 2022
This paper revives the question of whether a temporary VAT change is an adequate instrument for crisis stabilization. In empirical assessments, we find that durable goods consumption fluctuates strongly over the business cycle and that VAT rate changes affect durable goods in particular....
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Unconventional fiscal policy in HANK
Seidl, Hannah; Seyrich, Fabian - 2021 - This version: August 10, 2022
We show that in a New Keynesian model with household heterogeneity, fiscal policy can be a perfect substitute for monetary policy: three simple conditions for consumption taxes, labor taxes, and the government debt level are sufficient to induce the same consumption and labor supply of each...
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The effect of labor migration on the diffusion of democracy : evidence from a former Soviet Republic
Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Rapoport, Hillel; Steinmayr, Andreas; … - 2013
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Bringing home the money : xenophobia and remittances ; the case of Germany
Holst, Elke (contributor); Schäfer, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2008
individuals with a personal migration background. Major findings are: First, concerns about xenophobia lead to higher remittances …The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In … contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725980
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Gender, migration, remittances : evidence from Germany
Holst, Elke (contributor); Schäfer, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2008
Gender-specific determinants of remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In … decade, female migration to Germany has increased. Today, women constitute 48.6% of migratory flows to Germany, although the … proportion varies significantly by country of origin. A feminization of migration is observable all over the world, and is …
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