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Epstein, Gil S.; Katav-Herz, Shirit - 2019

Population ageing affects most countries, especially developed ones. The elderly have increased in number as a result of increased longevity and a parallel decline in fertility. This phenomenon is placing an increasing burden on the young to finance intergenerational transfers to the old, which...

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Age at Immigration and High School Dropouts

Goldner, Sarit Cohen; Epstein, Gil S. - 2014

We focus on high school dropout rate among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the dropout rate and age of arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school...

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Networks in the Diaspora

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler (Cohen), Odelia - 2016

In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those immigrants and the locals in different countries. We present the model by considering different possible interactions between immigrants and the new society in their host country....

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Interactions between local and migrant workers at the workplace

Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010

In this paper we consider the interaction between local workers and migrants in the production process of a firm. Both local workers and migrants can invest effort in assimilation activities in order to increase the assimilation of the migrants into the firm and so by increase their interaction...

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Assimilation through Marriage

Epstein, Gil S.; Pomerantz, Renana Lindner - 2012

During the last few decades cultural changes have been taking place in many countries due to migration. The degree to …

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Frontier Issues of the Political Economy of Migration

Epstein, Gil S. - 2012

Migration has a strong economic impact on the sending and host countries. Since individuals and groups do not benefit … equally from migration, interest groups emerge to protect and take care of their narrow self-interests and compete for rents … generated by migration. Narrow self-interests may be present not only for interest groups but also for ruling politicians and …

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Schooling Forsaken: Education and Migration

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2020

takes as its starting point the migration of educated/professional labor from poor origin countries to richer host countries …-skilled jobs. This suggests possible time-inconsistencies between short-run economic gains from migration and negative long …

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Job Status, International Migration and Educational Choice

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2020

We consider how the possibility of international migration affects an individual’s educational choices in their home … order to increase their chances of obtaining a job in the host country after migration. Thus, all home country students may …

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Migration and University Education: An Empirical (Macro) Link

Akkoyunlu, Şule; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2022

and migration. We examine the specific link between the acquisition of high levels of human capital in the form of … university education in Turkey and migration to Germany. We implement bounds testing procedures to ascertain the long …-run relationships with the variables of interest in a migration model. Although the bounds testing procedure has advantages compared to …

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