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The Dynamic Implications of Liberalizing Global Migration
Delogu, Marco; Docquier, Frédéric; Machado, Joël - CESifo - 2014
This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world … distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and … education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736743
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - CESifo - 2015
Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257678
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Do Ethnic Enclaves Impede Immigrants' Integration? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Social-Interaction Approach
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - CESifo - 2012
It is widely debated whether immigrants who live among co-ethnics are less willing to integrate into the host society. Exploiting the quasi-experimental guest worker placement across German regions during the 1960/70s as well as information on immigrants’ inter-ethnic contact networks and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877983
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Managing Migration through Conflicting Policies: an Option-theory Perspective
Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - CESifo - 2009
Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … relax limits for immigrants in order to control migration inflows better. To this end, we use a real option approach to … migration choice that assumes that the decision to migrate can be described as an irreversible investment decision. In our model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005029259
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Right-Wing Extremism and the Well-Being of Immigrants
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - CESifo - 2009
This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533995
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Guest-Worker Migration, Human Capital and Fertility
Azarnert, Leonid V. - CESifo - 2011
This work focuses on a temporary guest-worker-type migration of individuals from the middle class of the wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020797
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Integration, Mobility, and Human Capital Formation
Haupt, Alexander; Uebelmesser, Silke - CESifo - 2010
In this note, we show that labour market integration can be a double-edged sword. In the presence of local human capital externalities, integration and the ensuing agglomeration of skilled labour can cause a decline in human capital and the total wage sum (net of education costs). In particular,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671737
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What Do Immigrants Value Most About Switzerland? Evidence of the Relative Importance of Income Taxes
Morger, Mario - CESifo - 2013
indicate that income taxes are a significant pull factor for international migration decisions. The same is true with respect … to intra-national migration. However, dominance analysis suggests that the relative impact of taxes compared to other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877741
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Why are Educated and Risk-Loving Persons More Mobile Across Regions
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; … - CESifo - 2012
distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877921
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The Influence of Labor Taxes on the Migration of Skilled Workers
Egger, Peter; Radulescu, Doina Maria - CESifo - 2008
This paper investigates empirically the role of taxes on labor for the stock of expatriates and the migration flows of … to see to what extent labour income taxes and social security contributions determine migration flows. We collect data on … tax variables to estimate their effect on bilateral stocks of expatriates into OECD countries and the migration of skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405984