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Self-selection and the performance of return migrants: the source country perspective
De Coulon, Augustin; Piracha, Matloob - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
our estimates from a selection model and our semi-parametric approach allow us to conclude that the flows of return …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746106
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Change and continuity among minority communities in Britain
Georgiadis, Andreas; Manning, Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
There is widespread concern currently that some ethnic minority communities within Britain, especially Muslim, are not following the stereotypical immigrant path of economic and cultural assimilation into British society. Indeed, many seem to have the impression that differences between Muslims...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746409
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Immigration, diversity and the labour market outcomes of native workers: some recent developments
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This brief essay provides a selective discussion of how in recent years economists in the neoclassical tradition have addressed the questions whether and how immigration affects native workers’ labour market outcomes. In particular, it discusses: the distinction between the displacement,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126333
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Is the medical brain drain beneficial? Evidence from overseas doctors in the UK
Kangasniemi, Mari; Winters, L. Alan; Commander, Simon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
The ¿beneficial brain drain¿ hypothesis suggests that skilled migration can be good for a sending country because the … degree of screening of migrants by the host country is limited and that the possibility of migration actually encourages home … country residents to obtain education. We studied the implications of doctors¿ migration by conducting a survey among overseas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071143
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Does cultural diversity help innovation in cities: evidence from London firms
Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
London is one of the world’s major cities, and one of its most diverse. London’s cultural diversity is widely seen as a social asset, but there is little hard evidence on its importance for the city’s businesses. Theory and evidence suggest various links between urban cultural diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745829
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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator
Gordon, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by Fielding (1989). It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746485
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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator
Gordon, Ian R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high-order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by A. J. Fielding. It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125904
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Agglomeration in the periphery
Sarvimäki, Matti - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
i. This discussion paper is a completely revised version of SERCDP0047, published April 2010. This paper argues that agglomeration externalities are important even in the rural periphery. The analysis focuses on the forced relocation of more than a tenth of the Finnish population after World War...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126038
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Cultural diversity, cities and innovation: firm effects or city effects?
Lee, Neil - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
Growing cultural diversity is seen as important for innovation. Research has focused on two potential mechanisms: a firm effect, with diversity at the firm level improving knowledge sourcing or ideas generation, and a city effect, where diverse cities helping firms innovate. This paper uses a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126722
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The importance of relative performance feedback information: evidence from a natural experiment using high school students
Azmat, Ghazala; Iriberri, Nagore - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
We study the effect of providing relative performance feedback information on performance under piece-rate incentives. A natural experiment that took place in a high school offers an unusual opportunity to test this effect in a real-effort setting. For one year only, students received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745523