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Self-Selection of Emigrants: Theory and Evidence on Stochastic Dominance in Observable and Unobservable Characteristics

Borjas, George J.; Kauppinen, Ilpo; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015

We show that the Roy model has more precise predictions about the self-selection of migrants than previously realized. The same conditions that have been shown to result in positive or negative selection in terms of expected earnings also imply a stochastic dominance relationship between the...

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Immigration, search, and redistribution : a quantitative assessment of native welfare

Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2014

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search frictions, wage bargaining, and a redistributive welfare state. Our quantitative analysis suggests that, in all 20 countries studied, immigration attenuates the effects of...

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Bitterness in life and attitudes towards immigration

Poutvaara, Panu; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich - 2015

Integration of immigrants is a two-way process, the success of which depends both on immigrants and on natives. We provide new evidence on the determinants of individual attitudes towards immigration, using data from the 2005 and 2010 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel. In particular, we...

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Self-selection of emigrants : theory and evidence on stochastic dominance in observable and unobservable characteristics

Borjas, George J.; Kauppinen, Ilpo; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015

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Population aging and migration

Poutvaara, Panu - 2021

International migration flows largely reflect demographic patterns and economic opportunities. Migration flows increase … unemployment, low wages, and high population growth. Migration flows decrease in the geographic and cultural distance between the … potential origin and destination, and in other migration costs. To the extent that migrants are employed, immigration can …

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Educating Europe

Poutvaara, Panu - 2004

The mobility of labor reduces national incentives to invest in internationally applicable education. The European Union could overcome this by allowing member states to institute graduate taxes or income-contingent loans, collected also from migrants. This paper presents calculations on how a...

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On human capital formation with exit options : comment and new results

Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2006

Katz and Rapoport (2005) conclude that with linear production technology and the possibility of unilateral migration … result with Cobb-Douglas technology and migration which may go in both directions. This paper shows that the exit option may …

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Income taxes, property values, and migration

Glazer, Amihai; Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu - 2003

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 …

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Mobile internet access and the desire to emigrate

Adema, Joop; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Poutvaara, Panu - 2022

In this paper, we present theory and global evidence on how mobile internet access affects desire and plans to emigrate. Our theory predicts that mobile internet access increases desire and plans to emigrate. Our empirical analysis combines survey data on 617,402 individuals from 2,120...

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International applicability of education and migration aspirations

Kulka, Amrita; Nikolka, Till; Poutvaara, Panu; … - 2023

We analyze perceptions of international applicability of one's education and migration aspirations and intentions among … education least internationally applicable. Perceived international applicability strongly predicts migration aspirations and …

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