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Migration and Education
dustmann, christian; Glitz, Albrecht - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011
Sjaastad (1962) viewed migration in the same way as education: as an investment in the human agent. Migration and … at many stages of an individual's migration. Differential returns to skills in origin- and destination country are a main … driver of migration. The economic success of the immigrant in the destination country is to a large extent determined by her …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317960
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Migration and Education
dustmann, christian; Glitz, Albrecht - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011
Sjaastad (1962) viewed migration in the same way as education: as an investment in the human agent. Migration and … at many stages of an individual’s migration. Differential returns to skills in origin- and destination country are a … main driver of migration. The economic success of the immigrant in the destination country is to a large extent determined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009191079
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Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011
-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009358645
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Heaven's Swing Door: Endogenous skills, migration networks and the effectiveness of quality-selective immigration policies
Bertoli, Simone; Rapoport, Hillel - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
view tends to neglect two important dynamic effects: the role of migration networks, which could reduce immigrants' quality …, and the responsiveness of education decisions to the prospects of migration. Our model shows that migration networks and … immigration policies, the initial pattern of migrants' self-selection on education, and the way time-equivalent migration costs by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895132
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Changes in social security eligibility and the international mobility of New Zealand citizens in Australia
Poot, Jacques; Sanderson, Lynda - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2007
This paper is concerned with the international mobility of New Zealanders who migrate to Australia. One in ten New Zealand citizens lives in Australia and their settlement and subsequent mobility is important from demographic, socio-economic and policy perspectives in both countries. Using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971284
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The Returns to English-Language Skills in India
Azam, Mehtabul; Chin, Aimee; Prakash, Nishith - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
India's colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has expanded due to globalization in recent decades. It is widely believed that there are sizable economic returns to English-language skills in India, but the extent of these returns is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317994
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Return Migration and Illegal Immigration Control
Mayr, Karin; Kemnitz, Alexander - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
This paper investigates the effectiveness of immigration control policies when the duration of stay of illegal immigrants is endogenous because they may return home voluntarily. It shows that return intentions matter. First, we find that spending on border enforcement can potentially increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598907
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Spending more is spending less: on the desirability of enforcing migration
Facchini, Giovanni; Casarico, Alessandra; Frattini, Tommaso - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
We study the migration policy set by a welfare maximizing government in a model where immigrant workers differ in their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421130
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The rhetoric of closed borders: quotas, lax enforcement and illegal migration
Facchini, Giovanni; testa, cecilia - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
-elected, and strategically relax its enforcement. The control of migration flows can take place at the border or domestically, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009131029
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Do Brain Drain and Poverty Result from Coordination Failures?
de la Croix, David; Docquier, Frédéric - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
endogenizing human-capital accumulation, high-skill migration and productivity. Two countries sharing the same characteristics may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317953