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Networks and Selection in International Migration to Spain
Neubecker, Nina; Smolka, Marcel; Steinbacher, Anne - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013
This paper provides new evidence on migrant networks as determinants of the total size (scale) and skill structure of migration, using aggregate data from a recent migration boom to Spain. We draw upon McFadden (1984, 1422-1428) in order to develop and apply a three-level nested multinomial...
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Migration and Money - What Determines Remittances?: Evidence from Germany
Holst, Elke; Schrooten, Mechthild - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data. For our analysis of the probability and amount of remittances, we do not restrict ourselves on immigrants with a foreign citizenship, but focus on all individuals with a migration background. Major...
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High-Skilled Immigration Policy in Europe
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
Whether Europe will be able to stand up to its internal and external challenges crucially depends on its ability to … Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to be expected. A review of current immigration policies shows that … despite a number of positive recent developments Europe lacks a consistent strategy to address this challenge effectively …
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Should Swedish economic history pay morre attention to historical economics?
Waldenström, Daniel (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], First version: October 10, 2004, This version: August 12, 2005
This paper presents empirical evidence of the international integration of Swedish economic historians. Contrary to the claims of a recent national evaluation of the discipline, the Swedish shares of international publications and conference presentations are robustly below available...
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Labor Mobility and the Integration of European Labor Markets
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
who have been trained in Europe could set a new course. …
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Modeling for Determinants of Human Trafficking
Cho, Seo-Young - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
This study aims to identify robust push and pull factors of human trafficking. I test for the robustness of 78 push and 67 pull factors suggested in the literature. By employing an extreme bound analysis, running more than two million regressions with all possible combinations of variables for...
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Occupational Choice across Generations
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004
There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and the second generation occupational choice and mobility is even less investigated. Such research is important because occupations determine success in the labor market. In a country like Germany occupations also reflect a general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963726
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Migration, the Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
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Naturalization Proclivities, Ethnicity and Integration
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslav immigrants in Germany differentiating between actual and planned citizenship. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we measure the impact that integration and ethnicity indicators exert on the probability to...
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Where Do the Brainy Italians Go?
Constant, Amelie; D'Agosto, Elena - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
This paper studies the major determinants that affect the country choice of the talented Italian scientists and researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US/Canada, the UK, and other EU countries. On average, the...
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