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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US?: selective features of immigration to four major OECD countries
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
different destination countries. Focusing on migration between the four countries in our data set, we find that migration within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264459
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How do migrants choose their destination country?: an analysis of institutional determinants
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding … the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and … and unemployment benefits have positive effects on migration. Also good education and health systems tend to attract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264522
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Why are educated and risk-loving persons more mobile across regions
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; … - 2012
distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288242
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Not welcome anymore : the effect of electoral incentives on the reception of refugees
Gamalerio, Matteo - 2018
Do electoral incentives affect immigration policies? I study this question in the setting of Italian municipalities making decisions about the reception of refugees. The localized control of the reception policy (SPRAR), combined with the exogenous timing of policy decisions and staggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898665
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New region, new chances : does moving regionally for university shape later job mobility?
Ehrenfried, Felix; Fackler, Thomas; Lindlacher, Valentin - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013364914
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Earnings assimilation of post-reunification East German migrants in West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Sauer, Irakli - 2024
robust to controlling for potentially endogenous return migration and labor force participation. Controls for fixed effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014632347
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Dialects, cultural Identity, and economic exchange
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; … - 2010
a gravity analysis, we show that current cross-regional migration is positively affected by historical dialect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266077
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How do migrants choose their destination country? : an analysis of institutional determinants
Geis, Wido; Übelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding … the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and … and unemployment benefits have positive effects on migration. Also good education and health systems tend to attract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805994
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Dialects, cultural Identity, and economic exchange
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; … - 2010
a gravity analysis, we show that current cross-regional migration is positively affected by historical dialect … ; language ; culture ; internal migration ; gravity ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003939149
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Wages, rents, unemployment, and the quality of life
Wrede, Matthias - 2012 - This version: April 2012
Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the regional quality of life when wages, rents, and unemployment risk compensate for local amenities and disamenities. In particular, the paper shows for quasi-linear utility that the effects of any...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533959