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Language and culture as drivers of migration : linguistic and cultural barriers affect international migration flows
Adserà, Alícia - 2015
As migration flows to developed countries have increased in recent decades, so have the number of countries from which migrants arrive. Thus, it is increasingly important to consider what role differences in culture and language play in migration decisions. Recent work shows that culture and...
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International migration : the relationship with economic and policy factors in the home and destination country
Westmore, Ben - 2014
Unfavourable demographic trends in many OECD countries threaten the sustainability of potential labour resources, GDP growth and fiscal positions. One factor that is expected to mitigate these trends is continued inflows of migrant workers from low income economies. However, a rapid catch-up in...
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Chapter 19. The Impact of International Migration on Economic Growth in the Global Economy
Brunow, Stephan; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1027-1075). 2015
empirically. We estimate regression models of 1950–2010 decadal growth in most countries of the world and show that a country …
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Political environment and US domestic migration
Eren, Selcuk; Nutting, Andrew W. - In: Eastern economic journal 46 (2020) 4, pp. 525-556
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South-South migration in West Africa : addressing the challenge of immigrant integration
Gagnon, Jason; Khoudour Castéras, David - 2012
Although South-South migrants face much of the same discrimination and integration challenges as their South-North counterparts, South-South flows need to be analysed from a different standpoint. An investigation of immigrant experience in West Africa, with particular focus on Ghana, shows that...
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Migration and families left behind : families that stay behind when a member migrates do not clearly benefit
Démurger, Sylvie - 2015
About a billion people worldwide live and work outside their country of birth or outside their region of birth within their own country. Labor migration is conventionally viewed as economically benefiting the family members who are left behind through remittances. However, splitting up families...
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Smart policy toward high-skill emigrants : many proposed policies on skilled migration do little to improve skill stocks or development outcomes, but promising options exist
Clemens, Michael A. - 2015
Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with preventing skilled workers from leaving poor countries, where their skills are needed. Some advocates urge restrictions or taxes on the emigration of doctors and engineers from...
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Chapter 26. African Migration
Lucas, Robert E.B. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1445-1596). 2015
Factors shaping international migration, over the last half century, from and into the countries and territories of sub-Saharan and North Africa, as well as the economic and some social implications of those movements, are examined. Existing analyses of these issues are critically reviewed,...
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Chapter 2. Two Centuries of International Migration
Ferrie, Joseph P.; Hatton, Timothy J. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 53-88). 2015
This chapter provides an overview of trends and developments in international migration since the Industrial Revolution. We focus principally on long-distance migration to rich destination countries, the settler economies in the nineteenth century and later the OECD. The chapter describes the...
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Chapter 2. The Political Economy of Commercial Policy
McLaren, J. - 2016
) electoral mechanisms, the (ii) lobbying institutions, and the (iii) legislative bargaining that affect its supply. A recent … the other. Areas ripe for more exploration include informational lobbying, the role of the media, firm-level analysis of … lobbying and more realistic approaches to labor markets. …
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