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Does Foreign Language Proficiency Foster Migration of Young Individuals within the European Union?

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainhoa; Kuehn, Zoë - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

economic success goes both ways. Using data on the study of foreign languages during compulsory education in European countries …

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Migration, Education and the Gender Gap in Labour Force Participation

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors – international migration and education – on the … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan … participation by men domestically; increased female education, especially at the university and vocational level, increases female …

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Kick It Like Özil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap

Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …

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Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Refugee Children in Sweden: An Outlook on Demography, Education and Employment

Celikaksoy, Aycan; Wadensjö, Eskil - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

enrolled in schools. When it comes to those aged 20 or over, the proportion undergoing education is higher among women but a …

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Self-Selection and Earnings of Emigrants from a Welfare State

Poutvaara, Panu; Munk, Martin D.; Junge, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Following a seminal contribution by Borjas (1987), a large literature has analyzed how income distribution and redistribution are related to immigration to various rich countries. In this paper, we take a look at the other side of the coin. We analyze emigration from Denmark, which is one of the...

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Student Flows and Migration: An Empirical Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Using panel data for 78 countries of origin we examine the impact of student flows to the United States on subsequent migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not...

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Remittances, Liquidity Constraints and Human Capital Investments in Ecuador

Calero, Carla; Bedi, Arjun S.; Sparrow, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

work activities, while remittances are used to finance education when households are faced with these shocks. This suggests …

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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …

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Migration, Remittances and Children’s Schooling in Haiti

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Georges, Annie; Pozo, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

In this paper, we focus on the use of remittances to school children remaining in migrant communities in Haiti. After addressing the endogeneity of remittance receipt, we find that remittances raise school attendance for all children in some communities regardless of whether they have household...

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Migrant Networks, Migrant Selection, and High School Graduation in Mexico

Miranda, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

are estimated to control for the endogeneity of education and migrant network variables. Correlation of unobservables … across migration and education decisions as well as within groups of individuals such as the family are explicitly controlled …

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