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different destination countries. Focusing on migration between the four countries in our data set, we find that migration within …
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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 …
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different destination countries. Focusing on migration between the four countries in our data set, we find that migration within …
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Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...
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The vast literature on the effects of immigration on wages and employment is plagued by likely endogeneity and aggregation biases. Ours is among the first papers to address both of these issues by means of causality analysis and by accounting for human capital endowments. Our analysis confirms...
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migration determinants are not necessarily the same for workers of different nationalities, we explain spatial patterns not only … for total foreign employment but also for the 35 most important migration countries to Germany. Based on a total census … for all 402 districts in Germany, we find a large heterogeneity in migration determinants between nationalities. We …
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This paper investigates the dynamics of wage adjustment to an exogenous increase in labor supply by exploiting the sudden and unexpected inflow of repatriates to France created by the independence of Algeria in 1962. I track the impact of this particular supply shift on the average wage of...
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This paper studies the decision made by a family to invest in student migration. We propose an empirical structural … this procedure. We study the characteristics of potential candidates to migration that increase or decrease their … complete a Master's degree doubles the odds of migration, there is little evidence of gender preference, students migrants are …
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indicate that income taxes are a significant pull factor for international migration decisions. The same is true with respect … to intra-national migration. However, dominance analysis suggests that the relative impact of taxes compared to other …
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distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals. …
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