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Out of Africa: What drives the Pressure to emigrate?

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Groenewold, George; Schoorl, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

This paper evaluates the strength of social and economic forces that affect the pressure to emigrate 'out of Africa … out of Africa, especially in Ghana and Senegal. Signs of positive selection with respect to the level of education of … migration behaviour. Both ties within the household with household members who have international migration experience and ties …

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Ethnic Concentration and Human Capital Formation

Graaff, Thomas de; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

international migration research, both from a methodological as well as an empirical perspective. The purpose of this paper is … twofold. First, it aims to provide an overview of that part of the migration literature that is concerned with the …

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Unionization Structure, Licensing and Innovation

Mukherjee, Arijit; Pennings, Enrico - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

This discussion paper led to a publication in the <A href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167718710000913">'International Journal of Industrial Organization'</A>, 29(2), 232-41.<P>Taking technological differences between firms as given, we show that the technologically advanced firm has a stronger incentive for technology licensing under a decentralized...</p></a>

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Income Satisfaction Inequality and its Causes

Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M.S. Van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to an Income Satisfaction question posed in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Income satisfaction is the subjective analogue of the objective income concept and includes...

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Structural Estimation of Search Intensity: Do Non-Employed Workers Search Enough?

Gautier, Pieter A.; Moraga-Gonzalez, Jose Luis; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

number of applications result is due to rent seeking behavior. Sizable welfare gains (15% to 20%) can be realized by … applying for at least one job per period, increases welfare. …

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Interaction of Regional Population and Employment

Vermeulen, Wouter; Ommeren, Jos van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

improved by decomposing population growth into netinterregional migration and exogenous natural popu1ation developments. We … find thatemployment growth responds quite strongly to deviations from regional labour marketequilibria. Net migration is …

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Remittances and their Effect on Emigration Intentions in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Groenewold, George; Fokkema, Tineke - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration …, receipt of remittances may contribute to new flows of migration, in particular in the case of Morocco. …

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Global Aging and Economic Convergence: A Real Option or Still a Case of Science Fiction?

Dalen, Hendrik P. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

to be sought elsewhere. Africa and, to some extent, India might benefit from the demographic dividend. However, this … potential growth phase may well disappear if supporting conditions for growth are absent. Large-scale migration is not expected … allocated generally to consumption rather than to investment purposes. Migration of a temporary nature in conjunction with …

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Local Economic Conditions and the Nature of New Housing Supply

Hilber, Christian A.L.; Rouwendal, Jan; Vermeulen, Wouter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

migration and is hindered by strict local land use control. Our findings imply that tight regulation may hamper metro area level …

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Cultural Diversity and Cultural Distance as Choice Determinants of Migration Destination

Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants’ varying preferences...

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