international migration have overlooked the role of short-run factors in explaining international migration flows. This paper aims … to fill that gap. We first derive a model of optimal migration choice based on an extension of the traditional Random … any origin country may trigger some additional migration flows on top of the impact exerted by long-run factors such as …

the net benefits of migration for future migrants by lowering assimilation costs (‘self-selection’ channel) and increase … the probability of potential migrants to obtain a visa through family reunification programs (‘immigration policy’ channel …Existing migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of immigration flows. They affect …

suggests that, in general, the impact of immigration on labor market conditions depends critically on the way immigrants are …-matching framework (Pissaridès, 1985, 2000) in a migration model à la Harris and Todaro (1970). We find that the inflow of TFWs into a … decrease net interprovincial migrants within the year by about 50, a number substantially higher than is present in existing …

immigration. Nevertheless, interprovincial migration also results in a spreading effect of Dutch disease from booming to non …This paper looks at whether immigration can mitigate the Dutch disease effects associated with booms in natural … resource sectors. We first derive predicted changes in the size of the non-tradable sector from a small general …

This paper looks at the impact of networks on international migration flows to OECD countries. In particular, we look …, unlike the preceding literature on macro determinants of international migration, we can identify the respective factors … gender. Women are also found to be less directly dependent on migration costs unrelated to networks such as distance. …

to higher concentration of low-skill migrants. Interestingly, diasporas explain majority of the variability of migration …Migration flows are shaped by a complex combination of self-selection and out-selection mechanisms. In this paper, we …-capital structure of current migration flows. Our analysis exploits a bilateral data set on international migration by educational …

We examine environmental factors as potential determinants of international migration. We distinguish between … on a simple neo-classical model we use a panel dataset of bilateral migration flows for the period 1960-2000, the time … whole, we find little direct impact of climatic change on international migration in the medium to long run across our …

original and detailed data on migration. Our results provide evidence of a strong transfer of fertility norms from migrants to …This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries …

international migration have overlooked the role of short-run factors in explaining international migration flows. This paper aims … to fill that gap. We first derive a model of optimal migration choice based on an extension of the traditional Random … any origin country may trigger some additional migration flows on top of the impact exerted by long-run factors such as …