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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 … skilled workers. Given the increasing mobility of labour, especially of high-skilled people and expatriates, it is interesting … 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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International Migration of Couples
Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2014
We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877818
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Self-Confirming Immigration Policy
Giordani, Paolo E.; Ruta, Michele - CESifo - 2012
We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this interaction multiple equilibria may arise,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535635
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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 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020797
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Gift Exchange in the Workplace: Money or Attention?
Dur, Robert - CESifo - 2008
We develop a model of manager-employee relationships where employees care more for their manager when they are more convinced that their manager cares for them. Managers can signal their altruistic feelings towards their employees in two ways: by offering a generous wage and by giving attention....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181512
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Social Exchange and Common Agency in Organizations
Dur, Robert; Roelfsema, Hein - CESifo - 2007
We study the relation between formal incentives and social exchange in organizations where employees work for several managers and reciprocate a manager’s attention with higher effort. To this end we develop a common agency model with two-sided moral hazard. We show that when effort is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406384
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Repeated Selection with Heterogenous Individuals and Relative Age Effects
Dawid, Herbert; Mühlheusser, Gerd - CESifo - 2012
In contexts such as education and sports, skill-accumulation of individuals over time crucially depends on the amount of training they receive, which is often allocated on the basis of repeated selection. We analyze optimal selection policies in a model of endogenous skill formation where, apart...
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Lifting the Veil: The Face of TFP in an Indian Rail Mill
Das, Sanghamitra; Krishna, Kala M.; Lychagin, Sergey; … - CESifo - 2011
We use a proprietary data set on the floor-level operations at the Bhilai Rail and Structural Mill (RSM) in India to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225826
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Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - CESifo - 2011
Lifelong learning is often promoted in ageing societies, but little is known about its returns or governments’ ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment issuing vouchers for adult education in Switzerland. We find no significant...
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