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Fünf Jahre EU-Ostererweiterung: Schlechte Noten für deutsche Abschottungspolitik
Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit innerhalb der Europäischen Union führt nicht zu Belastungen des Arbeitsmarktes und der Sozialversicherungen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine aktuelle Forschungsarbeit über die Entwicklungen und Folgen der Ost-West-Migration nach den jüngsten Erweiterungsrunden der...
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International Migration of Couples
Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our …. The effect of the home-country earnings of the secondary earner may go either way. We test our theory using population … and couples in which women earned more. The empirical results for dual-earner couples are in line with the theory. The …
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Climate Variability and International Migration: The Importance of the Agricultural Linkage
Cai, Ruohong; Feng, Shuaizhang; Pytlikova, Mariola; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
While there is considerable interest in understanding the climate-migration relationship, particularly in the context of concerns about global climatic change, little is known about underlying mechanisms. We analyze a unique and extensive set of panel data characterizing annual bilateral...
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Let's Be Selective about Migrant Self-Selection
Biavaschi, Costanza; Elsner, Benjamin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Migrants are typically self-selected from the population of their home country. While a large literature has identified the causes of self-selection, we turn in this paper to the consequences. Using a combination of non-parametric econometrics and calibrated simulation, we quantify the impact of...
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Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks
McKenzie, David; Theoharides, Caroline; Yang, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We use an original panel dataset of migrant departures from the Philippines to identify the responsiveness of migrant numbers and wages to GDP shocks in destination countries. We find a large significant elasticity of migrant numbers to GDP shocks at destination, but no significant wage...
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Social Deprivation and Exclusion of Immigrants in Germany
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Sinning, Mathias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper aims at providing empirical evidence on social exclusion of immigrants in Germany. We demonstrate that when … economic assimilation of immigrants in Germany. We propose a weighting scheme that weights components of social inclusion by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233747
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Migration to Sweden from the New EU Member States
Wadensjö, Eskil - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Sweden did not apply any transitional rules for migrants coming from the ten new European Union member states in May 2004. The migration to Sweden from these countries also increased, especially from Poland and the Baltic states, even if not to the same extent as the immigration to Ireland and...
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There Goes the Neighborhood? People’s Attitudes and the Effects of Immigration to Australia
Sinning, Mathias; Vorell, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper compares the effects of immigration flows on economic outcomes and crime levels to the public opinion about these effects using individual and regional data for Australia. We employ an instrumental variables strategy to account for non-random location choices of immigrants and find...
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Surviving the Turbulence Is Not Enough: Can Côte d'Ivoire Flourish Again?
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Côte d'Ivoire is the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans, it accounts for 40% of the WAEMU's output, and 11% of its population are immigrant workers. Any political instability in the country will not only affect the domestic economy, but it will also affect the international...
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Multilateral Resistance to Migration
Bertoli, Simone; Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The rate of migration observed between two countries does not depend solely on their relative attractiveness, but also on the one of alternative destinations. Following the trade literature, we term the influence exerted by other destinations on bilateral flows as Multilateral Resistance to...
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