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International Migration of Couples
Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2014
We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877818
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International Family Migration and the Dual-Earner Model
Munk, Martin - 2017
Gender differences in labor force participation are exceptionally small in Nordic countries. We investigate how couples emigrating from Denmark self-select and sort into different destinations and whether couples pursue the dual-earner model, in which both partners work, when abroad. Female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960102
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Migration and Trade
Egger, Peter H. - 2011
Theoretical and empirical research in economics suggests that bilateral migration triggers bilateral trade through a number of channels. This paper assesses the functional form of the impact of migration on trade flows in a quasi-experimental setting. We provide evidence that the relationship is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124393
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Do Natural Hazards Cause International Migration?
Gröschl, Jasmin - 2016
with the World Bank's Global Bilateral Migration Database. Overall, our results suggest little evidence that natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978452
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Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
Doepke, Matthias - 2014
Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to fathers) increases expenditures on children. From this, should we infer that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? In this paper, we develop a non-cooperative model of household decision making to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057241
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Migration, Congestion and Growth
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2017
host economy. I show how migration affects the inter-temporal evolution of human capital in the world economy. I also … sending economies and the world as a whole …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953488
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Dissecting Network Externalities in International Migration
Beine, Michel A. R.; Docquier, Frédéric; Ozden, Caglar - 2021
Existing migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of immigration flows. They affect the net benefits of migration for future migrants by lowering assimilation costs (‘self-selection’ channel) and increase the probability of potential migrants to obtain a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316100
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Women's Education and Family Behavior : Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility
Isen, Adam; Stevenson, Betsey - 2021
women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316256
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The Cultural Diffusion of the Fertility Transition : Evidence from Internal Migration in 19th Century France
Daudin, Guillaume - 2016
France experienced the demographic transition before richer and more educated countries. This paper offers a novel explanation for this puzzle that emphasizes the diffusion of culture and information through internal migration. It tests how migration affected fertility by building a decennial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992443
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Household Relational Contracts for Marriage, Fertility and Divorce
Fahn, Matthias - 2011
the legal costs of divorce, on the interrelationships among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117792