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determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development …. The results indicate that while there is a strong and positive impact associated with overall migration, the national …
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migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where … look at the geography of migration across US counties in the 48 continental states. We then link this settlement pattern of … number of factors which may have influenced both the location of migrants at the time of migration, as well as for the …
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. Overall, these results strongly support the productivity gains that can be expected from further migration and urbanisation in …
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This paper analyzes the effects of top earnings tax rates on the international migration of top football players in … leagues of 14 European countries since 1980. We identify the effects of top earnings tax rates on migration using a number of … by presenting reduced-form graphical evidence showing large and compelling migration responses to country-specific tax …
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In this paper we study the economic effects of risk attitudes, time preferences, trust and reciprocity while we compare natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between the two groups mainly in terms of risk attitudes...
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This paper analyzes the reservation wages of first and second generation migrants. Based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that reservation wages increase from first to second generation...
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We use the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to show that personal relationships which individuals maintain for non-economic reasons can be an important determinant of regional economic growth. We show that West German households who have social ties to East Germany in 1989 experience a persistent...
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externalities from migration reduced local welfare gains by half. …
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after the incentive is removed. The migration rate is 10 percentage points higher in treatment areas a year later, and three … individual-specific learning (e.g. resolving the uncertainty about matching to an employer), and (c) some migrants are close to … re-migration, and by conducting a new experiment with a migration insurance treatment. We document several pieces of …
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We study the impact of regional and sectoral productivity changes on the U.S. economy. To that end, we consider an environment that captures the effects of interregional and intersectoral trade in propagating disaggregated productivity changes at the level of a sector in a given U.S. state to...
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