Similar Search Results

The 'Tampa' Effect. Australian Asylum Policy in International Perspective

Hatton, Timothy J.; Lim, Audrey - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Australia’s policies towards asylum seekers hit the headlines when it refused to admit those aboard the Tampa in September 2001. This tough stance and the raft of legislation that followed became known as Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’. It was clearly intended to deter those who might...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791977

Trade Liberalization in a Globalizing World

Faini, Riccardo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Globalization is not only about the rise of trade, FDI, and migration. It is also about the changing linkages among …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792059

Determinants of International Migration: Empirical Evidence for Migration from Developing Countries to Germany

Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

international migration from developing to developed countries. In addition, we look at the relationship between trade, development … and migration. Empirical studies focusing on international migration from Less Developed Countries (LDCs) are, so far …, very scarce. In this paper, we utilize a new dataset that is based on migration to Germany from 86 African and Asian …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792254

Offshoring and Immigrant Employment: Firm-level Theory and Evidence

Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Bertola, Giuseppe; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We propose and solve a simple model of firm-level decisions to offshore production stages of lower skill intensity than that of activities that remain in the domestic location. In theory, offshoring is optimal only for the more productive among heterogeneous firms if it entails a fixed cost. In...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792450

Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania: Evidence from a Tracking Survey

Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Dercon, Stefan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania …. Using a 13-year panel survey, the authors find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to … migration of some categories of people. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530383

Village Economies and the Structure of Extended Family Networks

Angelucci, Manuela; De Giorgi, Giacomo; Rangel, Marcos A.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

population) and out-migration is lower the poorer and the less unequal the village of residence. Our results are consistent with …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008477184

Individual Risk Attitudes: New Evidence from a Large, Representative, Experimentally-Validated Survey

Dohmen, Thomas J; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Schupp, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

, smoking, occupational choice, participation in sports, and migration, the paper compares the predictive power of all of the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123605

Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123900

Trade, Migration and Convergence: An Historical Perspective

O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

important impact on factor prices in some countries, just as Heckscher and Ohlin would have predicted. Migration was a more …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124198

Where do Migrants Go? Risk-Aversion, Mobility Costs and the Locational Choice of Migrants

Daveri, Francesco; Faini, Riccardo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

As part of their effort to pool individual risk, households consider spreading their members over a plurality of locations, both inside and outside their country of origin. At the same time, the world is ridden with ‘Chinatowns’ and ‘Little Italies’: people, whenever they move, tend to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124202