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Migration Experience, Aspirations and the Brain Drain - Theory and Empirical Evidence

Böhme, Marcus H.; Glaser, Toni - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

in a migration experience, which increases the migrant's aspirations. This will induce her to invest more in the … given migration rate. We show that the optimal migration rate that maximizes the post-migration skill-rate of the population … is higher if we allow for the aspirations effect of migration. We use panel data from Indonesia to demonstrate that a …

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Family reunification or point-based immigration system? The case of the United States and Mexico

López Real, Joel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

in their effective hours of labor when they move to the United States; (iii) migration reduces inequality, more …

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Migration and Wage-Setting: Reassessing the Labor Market Effects of Migration

Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

This paper employs a wage-setting approach to analyze the labor market effects of immigration into Germany. The wage-setting framework relies on the assumption that wages tend to decline with the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This enables us to consider labor market rigidities, which...

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When a Random Sample is Not Random. Bounds on the Effect of Migration on Household Members Left Behind

Steinmayr, Andreas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

A key problem in the literature on the economics of migration is how emigration of an individual affects households …

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Worker Remittances and Capital Flows

Buch, Claudia M.; Kuckulenz, Anja; Manchec, Marie-Helene Le - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2002

The debate on the risks and benefits of the globalisation of international capital markets has focused on the volume and the volatility of the main capital flows Â— foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investment, and foreign bank lending. Financial transfers in the form of worker...

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Alone but Better Off? Adult Child Migration and Health of Elderly Parents in Moldova

Böhme, Marcus; Persian, Ruth; Stoehr, Tobias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

Increasing labor migration and simultaneous aging of societies are two important demographic developments many poor … investigates the e ect of migration on various dimensions of elderly health using unique data from Moldova, which has one of the … highest emigration rates in the world. We nd positive migration e ects on the body mass index (BMI), mobility and self …

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Empirical Characteristics of Legal and Illegal Immigrants in the U.S.

Caponi, Vincenzo - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

We combine the New Immigrant Survey (NIS), which contains information on US legal immigrants, with the American Community Survey (ACS), which contains information on all immigrants to the U.S., legal and illegal ones. Using econometric methodology proposed by Lancaster and Imbens (1996) we...

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The Economic Drivers of Human Trafficking: Micro-Evidence from Five Eastern European Countries.

Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Trebesch, Christoph - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

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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Mass Migration and Seasonality. Evidence on Moldova's Labour Exodus

Görlich, Dennis; Trebesch, Christoph - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

This paper identifies the determinants and patterns of mass migration in Moldova – a country in which migration has … migration, which has become increasingly popular in many Eastern European countries. Our findings indicate that poverty is a … main push factor of migration decisions. Additionally, network effects and migration experience appear to be crucial for …

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The Economic Drivers of Human Trafficking: Micro-Evidence from Five Eastern European Countries

Mahmoud, Toman Omar; Trebesch, Christoph - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

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