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Migration and culture
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010
Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding … how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the … migration as an economic phenomenon; but what about them matters? Properly, we should be looking at the determinants of identity …
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Immigration, fertility and human capital : a model of economic decline of the West
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2010
I show how the influences of unskilled immigration, differential fertility between immigrants and the local indigenous population, and incentives for investment in human capital combine to predict the decline of the West. In particular, indigenous low-skilled workers lose from unskilled...
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Age at immigration and high school dropouts
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Epstein, Gil S. - 2014
We focus on high school dropout rate among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the dropout rate and age of arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school...
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Multi-generation model of immigrant earnings : theory and application
Epstein, Gil S. (contributor);  … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Who is in favor of immigration
Epstein, Gil S.; Katav-Herz, Shirit - 2019
Population ageing affects most countries, especially developed ones. The elderly have increased in number as a result of increased longevity and a parallel decline in fertility. This phenomenon is placing an increasing burden on the young to finance intergenerational transfers to the old, which...
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Male vs. female guest-worker migration : does it matter for fertility in the source country?
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2011
of men's additional income. -- Guest-worker migration ; Gender ; Fertility …
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