equilibria: some countries have mostly temporary migration programs and see a low degree of cultural assimilation by the migrants …This paper examines the role of cultural factors in driving the politics and shape of migration policy. We show that … shortage in the economy. We show that countries that are poor at cultural assimilation are better positioned to take advantage …

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 …

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 …

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. …

locations within a country, when migration from one country to another is and is not possible. In a closed economy, a … are mobile, a tax on them induces little migration because the tax will reduce the rents on land inhabited by the rich. A …

We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If … migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it … generated by General Circulation model reveal that, ceteris paribus, migration may decline in Ghana and in Nigeria. …