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A double gender-family inequality phenomenon in the international mobility of young researchers
Moguérou, Philippe - EconWPA - 2004
In this paper, we raise the question of gender differences in the geographic mobility of young researchers. We try to answer to three main questions regarding the international mobility of young researchers during the post-doc period: Are there differences among genders? Does “family” have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556413
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Macroeconomic Determinants of Workers’ Remittances: Host vs. Home Country’s Economic Conditions
Vargas-Silva, Carlos; Huang, Peng - EconWPA - 2005
This study examines the determinants of worker’s remittances. Variance decompositions, impulse response functions and Granger causality tests derived from a vector error correction model are used to test if remittances are affected by the macroeconomic conditions of the host (remittance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119455
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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION OF SKILLED LABOUR, WELFARE AND UNEMPLOYMENT OF UNSKILLED LABOUR: A NOTE
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit - EconWPA - 2005
countries on the level of welfare of the non-migrants and the level of urban unemployment of unskilled labour in a three sector … of skilled labour raises urban unemployment of unskilled labour. The paper also shows that an emigration of skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062626
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Educated Preferences: Explaining Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe
Hainmueller, Jens; Hiscox, Michael J. - EconWPA - 2005
Recent studies of individual attitudes toward immigration emphasize concerns about labor market competition as a potent source of anti- immigrant sentiment, in particular among less-educated or less-skilled citizens who fear being forced to compete for jobs with low-skilled immigrants willing to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062482
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The Effect of Changes in the U.S. Wage Structure on Recent Immigrants' Earnings
Lubotsky, Darren - EconWPA - 2001
Since recent immigrants tend to earn less than natives, their relative labor market status has been adversely impacted by an increase in the return to labor market skills and widening wage inequality over the past two decades. To evaluate the magnitude of this effect, this study uses Social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408315
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Next in Line – Romanians at the Gates of the EU (emigrants, border control, legislation)
SIMINA, Ovidiu - EconWPA - 2005
The first of May 2004 marked an important date in the history of Europe as a political, geographic, and social entity. After years of negotiations, ten European countries joined the European Union, bringing in their potential and expectations, adding a total population of 75 million people and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408352
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'Residual' Wage Disparity in Directed Search Equilibrium
Kennes, John; King, Ian Paul; Julien, Benoit - EconWPA - 2002
We examine how much of the observed wage dispersion among similar workers can be explained as a consequence of a lack of coordination among employers. To do this, we construct a directed search model with homogenous workers but where firms can create either good or bad jobs, aimed at either...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126186
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Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Variable Skill Levels
Pollak, Andreas - EconWPA - 2004
I study the consequences of heterogeneity of skills for the design of an optimal unemployment insurance, using a … during unemployment due to depreciation of skills and increases on the job because of learning by doing. Any insurance … contract, periods of unemployment are characterised by declining benefits. Agents are further punished for long unemployment by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408328
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The Challenge of Youth Unemployment
O'Higgins, Niall - EconWPA - 2005
This paper presents an overview of the youth unemployment problem and youth employment policy principally from the … nature and caiuses of youth unemployment, it is shown thatbthe basic cause of youth unemployment is insufficient aggregate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556811
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Estimating a Life Cycle Model with Unemployment and Human Capital Depreciation
Pollak, Andreas - EconWPA - 2005
I estimate a life cycle model of consumption choice with unemployment risk. Employed individuals face the risk of …. Following the loss of a job and during unemployment, an agent’s productivity declines. Using micro data, I estimate the … estimated model is used to perform policy simulations that highlight the relationship between the unemployment insurance scheme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119102