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Knowledge remittances : does emigration foster innovation?

Fackler, Thomas; Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2018

? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively …

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Migrants' missing votes

Giesing, Yvonne; Schikora, Felicitas - 2020

therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … border and to airports to account for endogenous migration patterns. Results are robust to estimations using first …

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Moving out of the comfort zone : how cultural norms affect attitudes toward immigration

Giesing, Yvonne; Kauder, Björn; Mergele, Lukas; … - 2024

We examine how cultural norms shape attitudes toward immigration. Our causal identification relies on comparing students who moved across the East-West border after German reunification with students who moved within former East Germany. Students who moved from East to West became more positive...

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Minimum wages and the labor market effects of immigration

Edo, Anthony; Rapoport, Hillel - 2017

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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The impact of technological change on immigration and immigrants

Giesing, Yvonne - 2023

, AI leads to a significant inflow of immigrants. Policymakers should devote special attention to the migration population …

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Between hope and despair : Egypt's revolution and migration intentions

Giesing, Yvonne; Hassan, Reem - 2021

We study the effect of the 2011 Egyptian revolution and its aftermath on migration intentions of the Egyptian youth. We … Database of the Egyptian Revolution Wikithawra and combine it with data on migration intentions from the Harmonized Survey of … migration intentions of youth, especially young men. Single women did not change their migration intentions, mainly due to their …

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Firms left behind : emigration and firm productivity

Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2017

This paper establishes a causal link between the emigration of skilled workers and firm performance in source countries. Using firm-level panel data from ten Eastern European countries, we show that the emigration of skilled workers lowers firm total factor productivity. We exploit time,...

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The effect of conflict on Ukrainian refugees' return and integration

Adema, Joop; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Giesing, Yvonne; … - 2023

During 2022, about eight million Ukrainians were displaced from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion. Whether these individuals will return holds great significance for Ukraine's reconstruction and is pivotal in shaping integration strategies in host countries. We used Facebook ads to recruit a...

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Immigration and electoral support for the far-left and the far-right

Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne; Öztunc, Jonathan; … - 2018

Immigration has become one of the most divisive political issues in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right candidates in France, using panel data on presidential elections from...

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The impact of immigration on wage dynamics : evidence from the Algerian independence war

Edo, Anthony - 2017

This paper investigates the dynamics of wage adjustment to an exogenous increase in labor supply by exploiting the sudden and unexpected inflow of repatriates to France created by the independence of Algeria in 1962. I track the impact of this particular supply shift on the average wage of...

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