Because their departures are difficultly observed, little is known about the performance of immigrants who leave their …

This paper estimates a structural dynamic life-cycle model of outmigration where, in each period, immigrants choose … earnings and preferences which allows immigrants to revise their duration decisions throughout their migration experience ….Because immigrants simultaneously face a migration and a work decision in each period, the economic assimilation rates commonly used to …

pertaining to regional unemployment in Germany. The available data set comprises information about the share of unemployed …

local labour market is in close proximity of other labour markets, a local shock that increases unemployment may not lead to … lower pay rates if employers fear outward migration of their workers. Hence, the unemployment elasticity of pay will be …