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cobbe, james - EconWPA - 2004

This is a brief and largely descriptive summary of migration flows in and out of Lesotho, and trends therein over tha …

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Internal Migration and Borrowing Constraints: Evidence from Peru

Laszlo, Sonia; Santor, Eric - EconWPA - 2004

that there are gains to be made from migration: ceteris paribus, migrants are expected to earn more than non …-migrants (Todaro, 1989). This paper utilizes a rich data set from Peru to assess the determinants of migration. We find that, when …

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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

Moving to Jobs?

Maré, Dave; Timmins, Jason - EconWPA - 2003

and migration flows to gauge the strength of the relationship and the stability of the relationship over the business … strongly related to that region's fortunes. We also find that migration flows to the metropolitan regions of Auckland …

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Migration, Labor Market Flexibility, and Wage Determination in China: A Review

Zhao, Zhong - EconWPA - 2005

This paper reviews economic studies on rural-urban migration issues in China. The paper focuses on four issues: the … household registration system in China, the proﬁle of the migrants, explanations for rural-to-urban migration, and the … interaction between migration and labor market evolution, with special reference to labor market segregation, labor market …

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The Geographical Mobility of Mâori in New Zealand

Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - EconWPA - 2005

This paper describes the geographical location and internal mobility of the Mâori ethnic group in New Zealand between 1991 and 2001. It is often suggested that Mâori are less mobile than other ethnic groups because of attachment to particular geographical locations. We compare the mobility of...

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A Model of Remittance Determination Applied to Middle East and North Africa Countries

GLYTSOS, NICHOLAS - EconWPA - 2005

the migrant and his family, treating remittances as an endogenous variable in the migration system. Behind this model is …

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Public Education in an Integrated Europe: Studying for Migration and Teaching for Staying?

Poutvaara, Panu - EconWPA - 2004

Both current and especially new member states of the European Union face incentives to distort the provision of public education away from internationally applicable education towards country-specific skills. This would mean educating too few engineers, economists and doctors, and too many...

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Educating Europe

Poutvaara, Panu - EconWPA - 2003

The mobility of labor reduces national incentives to invest in internationally applicable education. Such effects may be especially severe for the prospective new member states of the European Union. The European Union could overcome this by allowing countries to institute graduate taxes or...

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Subsidios de Educación: Impacto en la Migración y Convergencia Regional.

Duran, Gonzalo - EconWPA - 2005

: During the last couple of decades, the migratory movements in Chile have been minimum, regions are far from achieving match in the per capíta income, situation that would give persistence to the regional inequity. According to studies, in 52 years, half of the gap between a rich and a poor...

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