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Black, Dan A.; Kolesnikova, Natalia; Sanders, Seth G.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We examine Becker's (1960) contention that children are "normal." For the cross section of non-Hispanic white married couples in the U.S., we show that when we restrict comparisons to similarly-educated women living in similarly-expensive locations, completed fertility is positively correlated...

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Initial and Subsequent Location Choices of Immigrants to the Netherlands

Zorlu, Aslan; Mulder, Clara H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The initial settlement behaviour and the subsequent mobility of immigrants who arrived in the Netherlands in 1999 are examined using rich administrative individual data. The study considers the settlement patterns of immigrants from various countries of origin who entered the country as labour,...

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Margins of Multinational Labor Substitution

Muendler, Marc-Andreas; Becker, Sascha O. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Multinational labor demand responds to wage differentials at the extensive margin, when a multinational enterprise (MNE) expands into foreign locations, and at the intensive margin, when an MNE operates existing affiliates across locations. We derive conditions for parametric and nonparametric...

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What are Migration Networks?

Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant’s country in the host region. Using Mexican migration data, we analyze the effects of the usual network variable and two additional origin-village-specific variables on migrants’ location choice.

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Public Housing Magnets: Public Housing Supply and Immigrants' Location Choices

Verdugo, Gregory - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper investigates how a reform allowing immigrants with children in France access to public housing during the 1970s influenced their initial location choices across local labour markets. We find that cities with higher public housing supplies have a large 'magnetic effect' on the location...

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Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.

Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper addresses the question: Why and where do immigrants cluster? We examine the relative importance and interaction of two alternative explanations of immigrant clustering: (1) network externalities and (2) herd behavior. We advance the theory by presenting a framework encompassing both...

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Welfare Benefits of Agglomeration and Worker Heterogeneity

Teulings, Coen; Ossokina, Ioulia V.; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

effects on home and job location, on land use, and on agglomeration benefits are hard to pin down. We develop a spatial …

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STEM Graduates, Human Capital Externalities, and Wages in the U.S.

Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Previous research suggests that the local stock of human capital creates positive externalities within local labor markets and plays an important role in regional economic development. However, there is still considerable uncertainty over what types of human capital are most important. Both...

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The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities: Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

cities toughen competition, allowing only the most productive to survive) and agglomeration economies (larger cities promote … a generalised version of a tractable firm selection model and a standard model of agglomeration. Stronger selection in … larger cities left-truncates the productivity distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right-shifts and dilates the …

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Towards a Unifying Approach of the 'New Economic Geography'

Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Models of the new economic geography share a number of common conclusions, but also exhibit notable differences, in particular with respect to the shape of the location pattern and the efficiency of the market equilibrium. This reflects the fact that these models rely heavily on specific...

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