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Remittances, expenditure patterns, and gender : parametric and semiparametric evidence from Ecuador
Göbel, Kristin - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19
parametric and semiparametric techniques, we find strong evidence that remittances enhance expenditures on education, health, and …This study estimates the impact of migrants’ remittances on households’ spending decisions in Ecuador. Applying both … housing, but decrease expenditures on food. This supports the hypotheses that these inflows result in a stronger human capital …
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Born abroad and educated here : examining the impacts of education and skill mismatch among immigrant graduates in Europe
McGuinness, Séamus; Byrne, Delma - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-30
This paper examines the wage and job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among migrants graduating from EU-15 based universities in 2005. Female migrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived migrants incurred...
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How skilled immigration may improve economic equality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-13
. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving …
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Job mobility as a new explanation for the immigrant-native wage gap : a longitudinal analysis for the German labor market
Brenzel, Hanna; Reichelt, Malte - 2015
depreciation in human capital with migration or differences in endowments. However, even after considering human capital measures …Theoretisch lassen sich Lohnunterschiede zwischen Migranten und Einheimischen mithilfe der Humankapitaltheorie erklären …. Diese unterstellt Ausstattungsunterschiede oder eine Abwertung von Humankapital bei Migration. Trotzdem bleibt auch nach …
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Russian migrants to Russia : assimilation and local labor market effects
Lazareva, Olga - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-25
after about ten years after the peak of migration wave. …
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Heterogeneous displacement effects of migrant labor supply : quasi-experimental evidence from Germany
Scharfbillig, Mario; Weißler, Marco - 2019
Dieses Papier untersucht die Auswirkungen des Arbeitskräfteangebot von Migranten auf die Beschäftigung von … Auswirkungen eines höheren Arbeitskräfteangebots von Migranten, abzüglich der zusätzlichen Ausgaben bei der Ankunftfi, die die …
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Does intermarriage change migrants’ preferences for the home country?
Weber, Rosa - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-21
Motivations for migrants to return clearly change with integration, but the time-changing aspect of return migration … intermarriage and three outcomes related to migrants' home country preference - intentions to return, remittances sent and actual …
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Differences in the labor market entry of second-generation immigrants and ethnic Danes
Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Kromann, Lene - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-22
search models by matching second-generation immigrants to their ethnic Danish twins according to parental characteristics and …
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Relative labor supply in intermarriage
Nottmeyer, Olga - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-27
Spouse's relative labor supply and the degree of specialization in intermarriage might differ from that in immigrant and native marriage for several reasons. Intermarried couples may specialize less due to smaller comparative advantages resulting from positive assortative mating by education,...
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Better migrants, better PISA results : findings from a natural experiment
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-19
Switzerland changed its migration policy in the 1990s from a "non-qualified only" policy to one of almost free movement …
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