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. …

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 …

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

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 …

margin. The skill distribution is continuous, and, for each skill level, the distribution of migration cost is also … migration is decreasing in the skill level. When the semi-elasticity of migration is increasing in the skill level, either … negative. Numerical simulations are calibrated using plausible values of the semi-elasticity of migration for top income …

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 …

distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals. …

paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the …