This paper examines the post-migration investments in schooling and job search of immigrant families using new … in school after migration. In households where the visa category would suggest that post-migration investments may be …

benefits on the migration decision. While benefits simply increase the expected gain for risk neutral individuals, they work as … an insurance device for risk averse migrants; the results for the two groups might differ. Thus, the migration decision … model suggests increased migration incentives independent of taste and a positive selection of risk neutral individuals …

One of the goals of the Right to Buy (RTB) was to stimulate labour migration by removing the debilitating effect of …

This paper discusses research questions related to immigrants' time use, reviews conceptual and methodological …

of work − 50 or more weekly hours and document that immigrants are less likely than natives to work long hours … to natives, immigrants are less likely to supply long work weeks if they work in occupations where the immigrant …-native earnings differential is big. Second, immigrants are also less likely to supply long work weeks when they work in occupations …

investigate how the job search methods of unemployed immigrants compare with those of the native born, using panel data from the …. We find no support for a policy that would constrain immigrants to use verifiable job search methods. …

We use panel data from El Salvador to investigate migration and the intra-household allocation of labor as a strategy … that adverse agricultural productivity shocks increased both male migration to the US and the supply of male agricultural … labor within the household in El Salvador. In contrast, after damage sustained from the 2001 earthquakes, female migration …

Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating … human capital theory and a household production model of migration where migrants may be temporary by choice and not because …

. Adverse agricultural productivity shocks both increased male migration to the US and male agricultural labor supply. This is … sustained from the 2001 earthquakes exclusively stunted female migration. This is consistent with the earthquakes increasing the …

the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …