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Migration and Globalization: Challenges and Perspectives for the Research Infrastructure

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration...

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Informing Migration Policies: A Data Primer

Carletto, Calogero; Larrison, Jennica; Ozden, Caglar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Researchers in many fields, such as demography, economics, and sociology, have established various data collection methodologies and principles to answer a range of academic and policy questions on migration. Although the progress has been impressive, some basic challenges remain. This paper...

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Program Evaluation and Spillover Effects

Angelucci, Manuela; Di Maro, Vincenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper is a practical guide for researchers and practitioners who want to understand spillover effects in program evaluation. The paper defines spillover effects and discusses why it is important to measure them. It explains how to design a field experiment to measure the average effects of...

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Memorandum: Erfolgsbedingungen empirischer Wirtschaftsforschung und empirisch gestuetzter wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischer Beratung

Hauser, Richard; Wagner, Gert G.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

Based on the hypothesis that microdata are of crucial importance for internationally competitiveeconomic research and scientific advice in economic and social policy, the authorsdevelop various proposals for an improved data supply for empirical work in Germany. Present shortcomings are mainly...

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Does the Expansion of Higher Education Increase the Equality of Educational Opportunities? Evidence from Italy

Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; de Blasio, Guido - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

opportunities. It examines Italy’s experience during the 1990s, when policy changes prompted HE institutions to offer a wider range …

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Training and the Density of Economic Activity: Evidence from Italy

Brunello, Giorgio; de Paola, Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We use a search and matching model to investigate the economic relationship between training and local economic conditions. We identify two aspects of this relationship going in opposite directions: on the one hand, the complementarity between local knowledge spillovers and training generates a...

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Where Do the Brainy Italians Go?

Constant, Amelie F.; D'Agosto, Elena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

researchers who have at least a bachelor’s from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US …. Ceteris paribus, both push and pull factors are important. While having a Ph.D. from outside Italy predicts the UK choice …, having extra working experience from outside Italy predicts migration to other EU countries. Those who stay abroad …

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Residential Peer Effects in Higher Education: Does the Field of Study Matter?

Brunello, Giorgio; De Paola, Maria; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

of the peer effect varies by field. Using data from a middle-sized public university located in Southern Italy and …

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Centralized Wage Determination and Regional Unemployment Differences: The Case of Italy

Caponi, Vincenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper addresses the problem of the dualism of the Italian economy, particularly of its labor market. Although the Italian labor market is considered to be the most highly regulated among OECD countries, the unemployment rate in the North, which represents two thirds of the whole economy, is...

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Intergenerational Persistence in Educational Attainment in Italy

Checchi, Daniele; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Leonardi, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

levels over time in Italy. However, focusing on equality of circumstances, we show that there is still a persistent …

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