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Eggert, Wolfgang; Krieger, Tim; Meier, Volker - CESifo - 2007

This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wages and higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are disproportionally skilled. The brain drain from the poor...

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Skilled Emigration, Business Networks and Foreign Direct Investment

Kugler, Maurice; Rapoport, Hillel - CESifo - 2005

In a global context foreign direct investment (FDI) and migration substitute one another in the matching process between workers and firms. However, as labor flows can lead to the formation of business networks, migration can actually facilitate FDI in the long-run. We first present a stylized...

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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US? Selective Features of Immigration to four major OECD Countries

Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - CESifo - 2008

Building on a new data set which is combined from national micro-data bases, we highlight differences in the structure of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all immigrants to the OECD world. Looking at immigrants by source...

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Student Flows and Migration: An Empirical Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2005

Using panel data for 78 countries of origin we examine the impact of student flows to the United States on subsequent migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not...

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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 distribution. The article demonstrates that the possibility of a low-skilled guest-worker employment in a higher wage foreign country lowers the relative attractiveness of the skilled...

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You Owe Me

Malmendier, Ulrike M.; Schmidt, Klaus - CESifo - 2012

In many cultures and industries gifts are given in order to influence the recipient, often at the expense of a third party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without incentive or informational effects, small gifts strongly...

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Does Corruption Erode Trust in Government? Evidence from a Recent Surge of Local Scandals in Spain

Solé-Ollé, Albert; Sorribas-Navarro, Pilar - CESifo - 2014

We examine whether a corruption scandal in which the incumbent is implicated undermines trust in local government. We … use a novel dataset containing information on local corruption scandals reported in Spain during the period 1999-2009, and … methods to improve the identification of the effect of corruption scandals on trust, comparing municipalities affected by a …

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Immunity

Reddy, Karthik; Schularick, Moritz; Skreta, Vasiliki - CESifo - 2013

corruption where the judicial system is independent, this relationship has more ambiguous effects where the legal system is weak … and susceptible to politicization. These effects remain after controlling for standard determinants of corruption. …

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A Crook is a Crook ... But is He Still a Crook Abroad? On the Effect of Immigration on Destination-Country Corruption

Dimant, Eugen; Krieger, Tim; Redlin, Margarete - CESifo - 2014

This paper analyzes the impact of migration on destination-country corruption levels. Capitalizing on a comprehensive … explore different channels through which corruption might migrate. We employ different estimation methods using Fixed Effects … find that while general migration has an insignificant effect on the destination country’s corruption level, immigration …

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Taxation, Corruption and the Exchange Rate Regime

Hefeker, Carsten - CESifo - 2009

The paper analyzes the relation between institutional quality, such as corruption, in a country and its monetary regime …. It is shown that a credibly fixed exchange rate to a low inflation country, like a currency board, can reduce corruption … countries with regard to the level of corruption. …

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