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Tear Down this Wall: On the Persistence of Borders in Trade

Nitsch, Volker; Wolf, Nikolaus - CESifo - 2009

-West border; political integration is not rapidly followed by economic integration. Instead, we estimate that it takes at least …

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Do Ethnic Enclaves Impede Immigrants' Integration? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Social-Interaction Approach

Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - CESifo - 2012

concentration on social integration. The exogenous placement of immigrants “switches off” observable and unobservable differences in …-ethnics increases migrants’ interaction cost with natives and thus reduces the likelihood of integration. …

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Integrated Public Education, Fertility and Human Capital

Azarnert, Leonid V. - CESifo - 2011

This article analyzes the consequences of integration in public education. I show that the flight from the integrated … among more affluent parents whose children flee. In contrast, among less prosperous parents, integration in public education … rich, who can resort to private education. I also analyze the overall society-wide effect of the integration policy and …

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Financing Higher Education and Labor Mobility

Demange, Gabrielle - 2008

This paper analyzes how mobility of post-graduate skilled workers and students across different countries affects the quality level of higher education and the way education is financed. We start by examining a closed economy. In the presence of imperfect credit markets the education level with...

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Outsourcing and Optimal Nonlinear Taxation : A Note

Aronsson, Thomas - 2008

This paper addresses outsourcing in the two-type optimal income tax model. If the government is able to control outsourcing via a direct tax instrument, outsourcing will not affect the marginal income tax structure. In the absence of a direct tax instrument, and under the plausible assumption...

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The Effects of Student Composition on Teacher Turnover : Evidence from an Admission Reform

Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2016

This paper examines the effects of student ability on teacher turnover using data from Stockholm high schools and an admission reform that led to the exogenous reshuffling of pupils. The results indicate that a 10-percentile-point increase in student credentials decreases the probability of a...

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The Diffusion of Knowledge Via Managers' Mobility

Mion, Giordano - 2017

Better managers and managerial practices lead to better firm performance. Yet, little is known about what happens when managers move across firms. Does a firm hiring a good manager improve its performance? If yes is there some valuable knowledge the manager has acquired and successfully diffused...

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Global Talent Flows

Pekkala Kerr, Sari - 2017

The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we first review the landscape...

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Job Lock : Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015

Employer-provided health insurance may restrict job mobility, resulting in “job lock.” Previous research on job lock finds mixed results using several methodologies. We take a new approach to examine job-lock by exploiting the discontinuity created at age 65 through the qualification for...

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Taxing Pensions of an Internationally Mobile Labor Force : Portability Issues and Taxation Options

Holzmann, Robert - 2016

There is a rising share of individuals spending at least some part of their working life abroad and acquiring pension rights. While the portability of pensions and other social benefits has received some analytical attention over the recent decade there is currently limited analytical guidance...

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