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households to examine the joint effect of migration and remittances on economic development. We apply the model to internal … migration in China. Counterfactual analysis of the calibrated model shows that the presence of remittances increases migration …We develop a quantitative spatial equilibrium model with endogenous migration and remittance decisions within …
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? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively …
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develop a theoretical search and matching model with two ethnic groups of workers (natives and immigrants), two search …
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productivity shifts arising from migration-induced knowledge diffusion and increased workforce diversity. While we find evidence …
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This article investigates the macro-level drivers of adult-age language learning. We construct a new dataset that covers German language learning in 77 countries (including Germany) for 1992-2006. Fixed-effects regressions show that language learning in the EU is strongly associated with...
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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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This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
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The economic consequences of migration are hotly debated and a main topic of recent populist movements across Europe … identification, we exploit a historical episode in the Polish migration history to Germany before the fall of the Iron Curtain and … construct a shift-share instrument. Our results differ from findings for high-skilled migration to the United States, which is …
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While general ethnic disadvantages are well documented, much less is known about coinciding disadvantages of ethnic origin and gender. Based on theoretical arguments of human capital theory, sociocultural approaches, labour market segmentation theory, and discrimination mechanisms, we...
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