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The Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances: A sending country perspective

Baas, Timo; Melzer, Silvia Maja - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012

Using data for Germany, we analyze the impact of migration and remittances by developing an open-economy general equilibrium model with heterogeneous households. Within the model, the flows of remittances depend on the altruism of households. Households with higher altruism coefficient derive a...

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The role of language in shaping international migration

Adsera, Alicia; Pytlikova, Mariola - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012

and to the use of multiple measures of linguistic distance. Interestingly, linguistic proximity matters more for migrants … English speaking destinations. Finally, destinations that are linguistically more diverse and polarized attract fewer migrants …

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Savings, Asset Holdings, and Temporary Migration

dustmann, christian; Mestres, Josep - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010

This paper analyzes savings and asset holdings of immigrants in relation to their return plans. We argue that savings and asset accumulation may be affected by return plans of immigrants. Further, the way savings and assets are held in the home and host country may also be related to future...

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Crossing the Border: Self-selection, Earnings and Individual Migration Decisions

Bertoli, Simone; Ortega, Francesc; Moraga, Jesus … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010

account for migrants' self-selection. We analyze a very interesting episode in international migration for which we are able …

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International Migration with Heterogeneous Agents: Theory and Evidence for Germany, 1967-2009

Schröder, Philipp J.H.; Brücker, Herbert - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011

equilibrium there exists a positive relation between the stock of migrants and the income differential, while the net migration …

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The macroeconomic consequences of migration diversion: evidence for Germany and the UK

Baas, Timo; Brücker, Herbert - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012

This paper examines the macroeconomic consequences of the diversion of migration ﬂows away from Germany towards the UK in the course of the EU’s Eastern Enlargement. The EU has agreed transitional periods for the free movement of workers with the new member states from Central and Eastern...

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The role of language in shaping international migration

Adsera, Alicia; Pytlikova, Mariola - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012

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Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines

McKenzie, David Mckenzie; Beam, Emily Allison; Yang, Dean - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013

Significant income gains from migrating from poorer to richer countries have motivated unilateral (source-country) policies facilitating labor emigration. However, their effectiveness is unknown. We conducted a large-scale randomized experiment in the Philippines testing the impact of...

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The Returns to Language Skills in the US Labor Market

Isphording, Ingo E.; Sinning, Mathias - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012

adult migrants in the US labor market. We employ an instrumental variable strategy, which exploits differences in language … important channel through which language skills affect wages of child migrants. Although the returns of adult migrants do not … depend on education, we find that child and adult migrants exhibit similar returns to language skills. …

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Climate Variability and International Migration: The Importance of the Agricultural Linkage

Pytlikova, Mariola; Cai, Ruohong; Feng, Shuaizhang; … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2014

While there is considerable interest in understanding the climate-migration relationship, particularly in the context of concerns about global climatic change, little is known about underlying mechanisms. We analyze a unique and extensive set of panel data characterizing annual bilateral...

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