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The Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the US
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper uses US Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labour market characteristics of European-born workers living in the US. It is found that there is a positive wage premium associated with these workers, and that the highly skilled are over-represented compared with...
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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
wage subsidy in Eastern Germany and the elimination of all other subsidies. Subsequent events have strengthened the …
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The Economic Performance of Germany's East European Immigrants
Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
Germany has experienced a substantial influx of German immigrants from Eastern Europe after World War II and expects … German migrants to West Germany in comparison with native born West Germans. Ethnic German immigrants from Eastern Europe … from East Germany. Similar to foreign guest-workers, German immigrants are more likely to work in blue collar jobs; they do …
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Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants
Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …
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International Migration: A Panel Data Analysis of the Determinants of Bilateral Flows
Mayda, Anna Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
In this paper I empirically investigate the determinants of migration inflows into fourteen OECD countries by country … of origin, between 1980 and 1995. I analyze the effect on migration of average income and income dispersion in … played by changes in destination countries' migration policies. My analysis both delivers estimates consistent with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114402
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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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The Geography of Development: Evaluating Migration Restrictions and Coastal Flooding
Desmet, Klaus; Nagy, David Krisztián; Rossi-Hansberg, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
different levels of migration frictions. We bring the model to the data for the whole world economy at a 1º times 1º geographic … resolution. We then use the model to quantify the gains from relaxing migration restrictions as well as to describe the evolution … of the distribution of economic activity in the different migration scenarios. Our results indicate that fully …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252617
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Labour Mobility and German Integration: Some Vignettes
Burda, Michael C; Wyplosz, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
Several alterantive scenarios for the economic integration of East and West Germany are analysed. They all share an … amphasis of the rile of migration and labor mobility in this process. The effects of congestion costs, rigid wages, human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662319
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Redistribution Policy: A European Model
Casella, Alessandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
regional allocation requires both national and international transfers. If migration is fully free across all borders, then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662349
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Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions or Minorities?
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explain the distinctive occupational selection of the Jewish people into urban, skilled occupations. We show that many Jews entered urban occupations in the eighth-ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire...
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