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robust to controlling for potentially endogenous return migration and labor force participation. Controls for fixed effects …
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For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding … the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and … and unemployment benefits have positive effects on migration. Also good education and health systems tend to attract …
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a gravity analysis, we show that current cross-regional migration is positively affected by historical dialect … ; language ; culture ; internal migration ; gravity ; Germany …
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Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the regional quality of life when wages, rents, and unemployment risk compensate for local amenities and disamenities. In particular, the paper shows for quasi-linear utility that the effects of any...
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Immigration control-related audits and their resulting sanctions are not solely determined by impartial enforcement of laws and regulations. They are also determined by the incentives faced by vote-maximizing congressmen, agents acting on their behalf, and workers likely to compete with...
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We empirically analyze sub-national migration of graduates in Germany and its determinants. Based on a longitudinal … market and previous and subsequent migration patterns. We find that, five years after graduation, about 60% of the graduates … depends on previous migration, job search characteristics and the states' economic conditions. This results in an unbalanced …
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distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals …. -- migration ; culture ; distance ; human capital ; risk attitudes …
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Immigration may impact income distribution both by affecting the skill composition of a country's residents, and, by changing relative factor supplies, its relative factor prices. We provide some background evidence on compositional factors but focus primarily on factor prices. We first consider...
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Immigrants in many countries have lower employment rates and lower earnings than natives. We study whether a more liberal access to citizenship improves the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a weak record of...
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