It is argued that migration from Mexico to the US and its corresponding return migration aredetermined by international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model ofjob search, savings and migration to show that job turnover is a crucial determinant of themigration process...

This paper examines resident foreigners´ interest in German citizenship. The study focuseson the roles played by attitudes towards foreigners, political interest of foreigners,intergenerational conflict between natives and foreigners and among foreigners themselves,and regional differences in...

In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbedby the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factorprices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the moreabundant skill group more...