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Human capital investment under exit options : evidence from a natural quasi-experiment

Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2019

Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...

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The impact of migration on family left behind

Antman, Francisca M. - 2012

This paper addresses the effects of migration on families left behind and offers new evidence on the impact of migration on elderly parents. After discussing the identification issues involved in estimation, I review the literature on the effects of migration on the education and health of...

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Will skill-based immigration policies lead to lower remittances? : an analysis of the relations between education, sponsorship, and remittances

Mukhopadhyay, Sankar; Zou, Miaomiao - 2018

As more and more developed countries adopt policies that favor highly educated immigrants, the impact of such policies on developing countries remains unclear. Some researchers have argued that migrants who are more educated tend to bring their immediate family members to the host country, and...

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Illegal migration and consumption behavior of immigrant households

Dustmann, Christian; Fasani, Francesco; Speciale, Biagio - 2016

in the home country, measured as rainfall shocks at the time of emigration. Second, amnesty quotas that grant legal …

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Does educational mismatch affect emigration behaviour?

Wanner, Philippe; Pecoraro, Marco; Tani, Massimiliano - 2021

the labour market and emigration decisions, carrying out the analysis for both Swiss native and previous immigrant workers … undereducation is positively associated with the probability of emigration and return to the country of origin. In contrast, the … reverse relationship is found between overeducation and emigration, especially among non-European immigrant workers. According …

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The elusive concept of immigrant quality : evidence from 1970-1990

Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. - 2002

in the immigration flows from different countries, sampling error, and the effects of emigration - is fundamentally …

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Estimating the potential effects of adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census

Brown, J. David; Heggeness, Misty L.; Dorinski, Suzanne M. - 2019

The self-response rate is a key driver of the cost and quality of a census. The addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census could affect the self-response rate. We predict the effect of the addition of a citizenship question on self-response by comparing mail response rates in the 2010...

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Assimilation and integration of immigrants in Europe

Aleksynska, Mariya; Algan, Yann - 2010

This paper documents assimilation of immigrants in European destinations along cultural, civic, and economic dimensions, distinguishing by immigrants' generation, duration of stay, and origin. Based on the European Social Survey, it suggests that assimilation may have multiple facets, and take...

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Extremism within the family

Epstein, Gil S. (contributor) - 2006

This paper considers an economic analysis of intergenerational transition of ethnic and social trait. We consider the level of social traits chosen by parents and its effect on their children's choice of ethnic and social traits when reaching adulthood. We develop a theory that suggests that...

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Do emigrants self-select along cultural traits? : evidence from the MENA countries

Docquier, Frédéric; Tansel, Aysıt; Turati, Riccardo - 2017

This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and...

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