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Does Immigration Raise Natives` Income? National and Regional Evidence from Spain
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Rica, Sara de la - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
How immigration affects the labor market of the host country is a topic of major concern for many immigrant-receiving nations. Spain is no exception following the rapid increase in immigrant flows experienced over the past decade...
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Brain Drain and its Determinant : A Major Issue for Small States
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860424
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The Employment and Earnings of Migrants inGreat Britain
Andrews, Martyn; Clark, Ken; Whittaker, William - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Using nationally representative, longitudinal data from the first 14 waves of the BritishHousehold Panel Survey we examine the labour market returns to inter-regional migration inGreat Britain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861658
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A Simple Theory of Industry Location andResidence Choice
Borck, Rainald; Pflüger, Michael; Wrede, Matthias - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper provides a simple theory of geographical mobility which simultaneously explainspeople’s choice of residences in space and the location of industry. Residences are chosenon the basis of the utility which mobile households obtain across locations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862705
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City Air or City Markets:Productivity Gains in Urban Areas
Krupka, Douglas J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Persistent productivity gains to rural-urban migrants have been documented by a number ofresearchers. One interpretation of this result is that individuals learn higher value skills incities than they would have learned in less dense areas. Another explanation for this result,however, is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861141
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Location-Specific Human Capital, Location Choiceand Amenity Demand
Krupka, Douglas J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The role of amenities in the flow of migrants has been debated for some years. This paperadvances an original model of amenities that work through household production instead ofdirectly through the utility function. Area characteristics (amenities) affect householdproduction, causing certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862314
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Development and Sources of Labor Productivityin Chinese Provinces
Su, Biwei; Heshmati, Almas - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
As China exhibited unprecedented rapid economic growth ever since its reform andopenness, the development and sources of labor productivity has gradually come to theforefront. This paper studies the development and the source of labor productivity in 31Chinese provinces during the period of...
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Do High-Skill Immigrants Raise Productivity? Evidence from Israeli Manufacturing Firms, 1990-1999
Paserman, Daniele - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
During the second part of the 1990s, the Israeli economy experienced a surge in labor productivity and total factor productivity, which was driven primarily by the manufacturing sector. This surge in productivity coincided with the full absorption and integration into the workforce of highly...
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Migration and the Wage Curve : A Structural Approach to Measure the Wage and Employment Effects of Migration
Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
the assumption that wages respond to a change in the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This allows one to derive the … wage and employment effects of migration simultaneously in a general equilibrium framework. For the empirical analysis we … vocational degree. The wage and employment effects of migration are moderate... …
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Brain Drain and Productivity Growth: Are Small States Different?
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper examines the impact of North-South trade-related technology diffusion on TFP growth in small and large states in the South. The main findings are: i) TFP growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion, with education, and with the interaction between the two, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860488