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locally residing population. We explain this by the relatively high elite presence among migrants, dualism of Indian migration … (between long-term and circular ones), but mainly by the differences in the levels of education. In India, migration has taken …
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The recent EU enlargements into Central and Eastern Europe and increased labor mobility within the Union provide a unique opportunity to evaluate the labor market effects of emigration. Outmigration has contributed to higher wages for stayers, as well as to lower unemployment in the source...
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The majority of immigrants stay only temporarily in the host country. When many migrations are temporary, it is important to know who leaves and who stays, and why. The key questions for the host country are whether immigrants are net contributors to the welfare system and whether migrants...
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, creating a "brain drain" in the sending country. In reality, migration is typically temporary: Workers migrate, find employment … circular migration can be costly to both sending and receiving countries. …
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This paper investigates the local labor supply effects of changes to the minimum wage by examining the response of low-skilled immigrants’ location decisions. Canonical models emphasize the importance of labor mobility when evaluating the employment effects of the minimum wage; yet few studies...
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In this paper, we identify and quantify the role of international migration in the propagation of HIV across sub …-Saharan African countries. We use panel data on bilateral migration flows and HIV prevalence rates covering 44 countries after 1990 …
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model where both migration decisions and redistribution policies are jointly determined. Our model features a large number … of heterogeneous regions and skilled and unskilled workers with idiosyncratic migration costs. The calibrated model is … able to account for the main features of interstate migration in the US, as well as some qualitative features of the cross …
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confirm the importance of wage differentials in determining such mobility. Furthermore, an increased skilled out-migration …
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I analyze whether participation in international student exchange programs during university studies affects the subsequent decision to work abroad among Italian graduates. My findings suggest that studying abroad increases likelihood of working abroad by between 18 and 24 percentage points.
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highly qualified workers - are overblown and that student migration can positively affect economic growth in both sending and …
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