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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
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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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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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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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Immigration, Regional Conditions, and Crime: Evidence from an Allocation Policy in Germany
Piopiunik, Mark; Ruhose, Jens - CESifo - 2015
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, more than 3 million people with German ancestors immigrated to Germany under a special law granting immediate citizenship. Exploiting the exogenous allocation of ethnic German immigrants by German authorities across regions upon arrival, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257672
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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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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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Immmigration and Internal Mobility in Canada
Beine, Michel; Coulombe, Serge - CESifo - 2014
-matching framework (Pissaridès, 1985, 2000) in a migration model à la Harris and Todaro (1970). We find that the inflow of TFWs into a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877684
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What Drives Immigration Amnesties?
Casarico, Alessandra; Facchini, Giovanni; Frattini, Tommaso - CESifo - 2012
We develop a general model of legal and illegal immigration to understand the basic tradeoffs faced by a government in the decision to implement an immigration amnesty in the presence of a selective immigration policy. We show that two channels play an important role: an amnesty is more likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877734
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Immigration, Growth and Unemployment: Panel VAR Evidence from OECD Countries
Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane; Rault, Christophe - CESifo - 2013
results provide evidence of migration contribution to host economic prosperity (positive impact on GDP per capita and negative … impact on aggregate unemployment, native- and foreign-born unemployment rates). We also find that migration is influenced by … host economic conditions (migration responds positively to host GDP per capita and negatively to host total unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877796