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Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors

Akcigit, Ufuk; Baslandze, Salomé; Stantcheva, Stefanie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

This paper studies the effect of top tax rates on inventors' mobility since 1977. We put special emphasis on "superstar" inventors, those with the most and most valuable patents. We use panel data on inventors from the United States and European Patent Offices to track inventors' locations over...

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Labour Mobility and German Integration: Some Vignettes

Burda, Michael C; Wyplosz, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

amphasis of the rile of migration and labor mobility in this process. The effects of congestion costs, rigid wages, human …

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Scale, Diversity and Determinants of Labour Migration in Europe

Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have remained low. This paper contributes to a better … understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It surveys previous historical experiences and empirical findings … including the recent Eastern enlargements. The determinants of migration before and after the 2004 enlargement and in the EU15 …

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Ethnic Networks and International Trade

Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

There is a well-established high quality literature on the role of networks, particularly ethnic networks, in international trade. Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers (information costs, risk and uncertainty) to trade by building trust and substituting for the difficulty of...

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Migration Theory and Evidence: An Assessment

Ghatak, Subrata; Levine, Paul L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

This paper presents a critical survey of theories of migration, their welfare and policy implications and their … empirical relevance. We also develop some extensions to the theory beginning with a general encompassing model of migration … the wage gap between an advanced and a backward region to reduce the rate of migration, follows from the standard model …

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Immigration and Heterogeneous Labour in Western Germany: A Labour Market Classification Based on Nonparametric Estimation

Fröhlich, Markus; Puhani, Patrick A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities in heterogeneous labour markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration policy in economies with labour market rigidities. In an...

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The Influence of Others on Migration Plans

Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

roles ‘other people’ play in influencing an individual’s potential migration decision. In analysing the influence of others … on migration decisions, we rely on the concepts of migration networks and herd effects. …

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High Skilled Migration and the Exertion of Effort by the Local Population

Epstein, Gil S; Kunze, Astrid; Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The design of optimal immigration policy, particularly in the face of the spiraling demand for highly skilled workers, such as IT workers and engineers, is a topical issue in the policy debate as well as the economic literature. In this paper, we present empirical evidence from firm-level data...

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Voice of the Diaspora: An Analysis of Migrant Voting Behaviour

Doyle, Orla; Fidrmuc, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

. These results are interpreted as indicating that migrants’ political preferences change in the wake of migration as they …

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Eastern Germany Since Unification: Wage Subsidies Remain a Better Way

Begg, David; Portes, Richard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

In Spring 1991, we argued that the centrepiece of German policy towards unification should be a universal, temporary wage subsidy in Eastern Germany and the elimination of all other subsidies. Subsequent events have strengthened the analytical case for and practical importance of this policy....

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