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' education. -- Remittances ; Migration ; Brain Drain ; Immigration Policy …We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human …
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This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world … distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and … education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …
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We exploit the non-linearity in the level of minimum wages across US States created by the coexistence of federal and state regulations to investigate how minimum wages affect the labor market impact of immigration. We find that the effects of immigration on labor market outcomes of native...
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This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries … original and detailed data on migration. Our results provide evidence of a strong transfer of fertility norms from migrants to …
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Migration flows are shaped by a complex combination of self-selection and out-selection mechanisms. In this paper, we …-capital structure of current migration flows. Our analysis exploits a bilateral data set on international migration by educational … various determinants of migration, we find diasporas increase migration flows, lower their average educational level and lead …
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Alongside a range of already well documented factors such as deindustrialization, technological progress and international trade, a series of recent empirical econometric studies show that immigration has contributed to the rise of extreme right-wing parties in Europe. Our study highlights,...
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, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and preferred destination choices. We find that individuals who intend to …
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We investigate the welfare implications of two pre-crisis immigration waves (1991–2000 and 2001–2010) and of the post-crisis wave (2011–2015) for OECD native citizens. To do so, we develop a general equilibrium model that accounts for the main channels of transmission of immigration shocks...
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