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Differences in the Labour Market Behaviour Between Temporary and Permanent Migrant Women
Dustmann, Christian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper analyses labour market behaviour of married migrant women. The theoretical analysis shows that migrants who intend to remain only temporarily in the host country are likely to exhibit a different labour market behaviour than migrants who wish to stay permanently. The reason is that...
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A Global View of Cross-Border Migration
di Giovanni, Julian; Levchenko, Andrei A.; Ortega, Francesc - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
difference, international trade, remittances, and a heterogeneous workforce. We compare welfare under the observed levels of … flows -- such as Jamaica or El Salvador -- are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances … about 10% in countries with large incoming remittances. Our results are robust to accounting for imperfect transferability …
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Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks
De Weerdt, Joachim; Genicot, Garance; Mesnard, Alice - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
This paper studies asymmetry of information and transfers within a unique data set of 712 extended family networks from Tanzania. Using cross-reports on asset holdings, we construct measures of misperception of income among all pairs of households belonging to the same network. We show that...
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Remittances and the Brain Drain
Faini, Riccardo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
home thanks to a relatively larger flow of remittances. Skilled migrants typically earn relatively more and, ceteris … flow of remittances from skilled migrants. Hence, the sign of the impact of the brain drain on total remittances is an … home out of a given flow of earnings abroad. We then derive an empirical equation of remittances and estimate it on a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114298
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The Cliometrics of International Migration: A Survey
Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This is a survey of some of the key studies in the literature on international migration in history that may be described as cliometric. This literature uses the concepts and approaches of applied economics to investigate a range of historical issues and there are strong parallels with the...
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EU Enlargement under Continued Mobility Restrictions: Consequences for the German Labor Market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...
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Who is Afraid of Globalization? The Challenge of Domestic Adjustment in Europe and America
Sapir, André - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
The paper examines why ‘globaphobia’ seems to be more prevalent among labour in the United States than in Europe. It argues that globalization has generated more wealth, but also more income inequality and adjustment problems, in America than in Europe. In the United States, the median voter...
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Who is Against Immigration? A Cross-Country Investigation of Individual Attitudes Towards Immigration
Mayda, Anna Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper empirically analyzes both economic and non-economic determinants of attitudes towards immigrants, within and across countries. The two individual-level survey data sets used, covering a wide range of developed and developing countries, make it possible to test for interactive effects...
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What Fundamentals Drive World Migration?
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
OECD governments note rising immigration with alarm and grapple with policies aimed at selecting certain migrants and keeping out others. Economists appear to be well armed to advise governments since they are responsible for an impressive literature that examines the characteristics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136660
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International Migration, Welfare and the Provision of Public Goods
Gatsios, Konstantine; Hatzipanayotou, Panos; Michael, Mike - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
The objective of this paper is to highlight the importance of the ‘public finance’ impact of international migration on wages and welfare. To this end, we construct a general equilibrium model of a labour-exporting (source) and a labour-importing (host) country with identical consumers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136698