Showing 1 - 10 of 30
The immigration to Norway has increased strongly since the turn of the millennium and especially since the eastward EU … their reason of immigration. The immigration has changed from a gender balance during the first years of the 2000 towards a … clear male dominance after 2005, mostly due to increased labour immigration. The immigration has changed from a dominance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132217
Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a search-matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the willingness to pay for regional amenities and the regional quality of life when wages, rents, and unemployment risk compensate for local amenities and disamenities. The results are compared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740287
Spain has become a country of immigration very fast and in an unusual way. At the beginning of the year 2000 …,000 migrants (2000-2007). Other neighboring countries, such as Germany had an annual average net inflow of 107,000, the UK and … studying the behavior of all foreign migrants (both regular and irregular are set out in our statistical sources) in a context …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011157095
The present paper describes the modelling of regional labour markets in the newly developed dynamic spatial general equilibrium model RHOMOLO, where the labour market equilibrium is determined by firms' labour demand, a wage-curve determining unemployment, and inter-regional labour migration....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740355
I analyze the interstate migration patterns of families and the effect of labor force attachment of women on joint migration decisions. I show that as the earned income of spouses become similar, the probability of migration falls substantially. This observation is robust in the sense that 1) it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075905
The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) is a European legal instrument designed to facilitate and promote cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation. It was introduced in 2006 to enable public authorities of various Member States to team up and deliver joint...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075965
In fiscally centralised countries with a unique country-wide income tax schedule, it is straightforward to quantify the degree of progressivity. In fiscally decentralised countries with varying local tax schedules, however, this is not the case. In these countries, the effective tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011076031
We develop a two-country model with two industries: the smokestack manufacturing industry, which generates pollution, and the transboundary renewable resource industry. With no trade, migration occurs from the foreign country, with lower manufacturing productivity, to the home country. If the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740327
The last one and a half centuries have witnessed dramatic changes in the world economy. The service (tertiary) sector, which at the beginning of the 20th century was of little importance relative to agriculture and manufacturing, has become the dominant sector today, accounting for 80% and more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132074
Does the nationality of migrants arriving in any particular territory make a difference for long-term economic … settlement patterns of European migrants according to national origin affected economic development across US counties. It uses … coincided with the greatest waves of European migration (1880, 1910) in order to uncover the settlement patterns of migrants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132155