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Do Emigrants Self-Select Along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the MENA Countries
Docquier, Frédéric - 2018
, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and preferred destination choices. We find that individuals who intend to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929247
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The Influence of Labor Taxes on the Migration of Skilled Workers
Egger, Peter; Radulescu, Doina Maria - CESifo - 2008
This paper investigates empirically the role of taxes on labor for the stock of expatriates and the migration flows of … to see to what extent labour income taxes and social security contributions determine migration flows. We collect data on … tax variables to estimate their effect on bilateral stocks of expatriates into OECD countries and the migration of skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405984
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Integration, Mobility, and Human Capital Formation
Haupt, Alexander; Uebelmesser, Silke - CESifo - 2010
In this note, we show that labour market integration can be a double-edged sword. In the presence of local human capital externalities, integration and the ensuing agglomeration of skilled labour can cause a decline in human capital and the total wage sum (net of education costs). In particular,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671737
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Guest-Worker Migration, Human Capital and Fertility
Azarnert, Leonid V. - CESifo - 2011
This work focuses on a temporary guest-worker-type migration of individuals from the middle class of the wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020797
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Managing Migration Through Conflicting Policies : An Option-Theory Perspective
Moretto, Michele - 2009
Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … relax limits for immigrants in order to control migration inflows better. To this end, we use a real option approach to … migration choice that assumes that the decision to migrate can be described as an irreversible investment decision. In our model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157501
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship
Kerr, Sari Pekkala - 2019
We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to native-founded companies. Our work quantifies immigrant contributions to new firm creation in a wide variety of fields and using multiple definitions. While significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902521
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie F. - 2017
the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943173
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On the Economics and Politics of Refugee Migration
Dustmann, Christian - 2016
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of refugee migration, with emphasis on the current refugee crisis. After …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979577
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Estimating Immigrant Earnings Profiles When Migrations are Temporary
Dustmann, Christian - 2016
selective out-migration literature, our basic structure assumes that the process that determines out-migration is unrelated to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988305
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The Effect of Attitudes Toward Migrants on Migrant Skill Composition
Avdiu, Besart - 2018
I investigate the effect of attitudes toward migrants on the average skill composition of immigrants in destination countries. A model is presented showing that negative attitudes toward migrants can reduce the average skill composition. The intuition for the result is that the highly skilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920757