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argue that migration pressure combined with informal migration patterns and incomplete information are the key determinants …, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. The main result is in line with our expectations: Migrant families in high-migration areas and … indicate that illegal migration increases trafficking risks and that awareness campaigns and a reduction of information …
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We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...
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Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615601
argue that migration pressure combined with informal migration patterns and incomplete information are the key determinants …, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. The main result is in line with our expectations: Migrant families in high migration areas and … indicate that illegal migration increases trafficking risks and that awareness campaigns and a reduction of information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755119
endogeneity of migration through an instrumental variable estimation our empirical results show that international migration has a … the capital obtained from international migration only to overcome liquidity constraints for subsistence production … whereas migration itself seems to be the superior investment option compared to other productive activities such as livestock …
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We analyze how migration prevalence and remittances shape income distribution using novel panel data that is nationally … migration (attrition), we find that migration prevalence has increased between 2002 and 2007 reversing the unequalizing effects … inequality, and find that the regions that had the highest increase in international migration are also the regions where the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008635828