This paper examines whether the subjective well-being of migrants is responsive to fluctuations in macroeconomic … control for migrants' observed and unobserved characteristics. We find strong (mild) evidence that migrants' well …-being responds negatively (positively) to an increase in the GDP (unemployment rate) of their home country. That is, we originally …

education and individual initiative in the event of unemployment. In addition the declaration pleads for economic regulation of …

on the utility of migrants, as proxied by their subjective well-being (SWB). Using data from a new survey on China (RUMiC … migrants, migration experience and the diversity of family arrangements. As a complementary objective, we use SWB measures to … contractual motivations (such as co-insurance and investment) are at work among rural-to-urban migrants in China. …

active labor market policy, are only partly reported as unemployment. A review of the evidence on the effectiveness of labor … have alleviated social burdens from unemployment. Discussing what causes the high unemployment in the east, we claim that … effects of wage policy have been overrated. Differences in unemployment rates are also the result of more ample labor supply …

This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment … the labor market reintegration, patterns of job search, and reservation wages across unemployed migrants and natives in … Germany. Our results indicate that separated migrants have a relatively slow reintegration into the labor market. We explain …