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Work effort, moderation in expulsion and illegal migration

Stark, Oded - 2006

Illegal migrants supply a valuable productive input: effort. But their status as illegals means that these migrants face a strictly positive probability of expulsion. A return to their country of origin entails reduced earnings when the wage at origin is lower than the wage at destination. This...

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International migration and "educated unemployment"

Stark, Oded; Fan, C. Simon - 2006

perspective of international migration, that is, by the possibility of a 'brain drain.' In addition, the analysis shows that a …

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A reluctance to assimilate

Stark, Oded; Fan, C. Simon - 2006

Quite often, migrants appear to exert little effort to absorb the mainstream culture and to learn the language of their host society, even though the economic returns (increased productivity and enhanced earnings) to assimilation are high. We show that when interpersonal comparisons affect...

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The analytics of seasonal migration

Stark, Oded; Fan, C. Simon - 2006

A framework that yields different possible patterns of migration as optimal solutions to a simple utility maximization … problem is presented and explored. It is shown that seasonal migration arises as an optimal endogenous response to a …-long migration is feasible. …

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A preference for migration

Stark, Oded - 2007

At least to some extent migration behavior is the outcome of a preference for migration. The pattern of migration as an … outcome of a preference for migration depends on two key factors: imitation technology and migration feasibility. We show that … these factors jointly determine the outcome of a preference for migration and we provide examples that illustrate how the …

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The brain drain, "educated unemployment", human capital formation, and economic betterment

Stark, Oded; Fan, C. Simon - 2007

both the negative and the positive impact of migration by skilled individuals in a unified framework. The paper extends the … received literature on the 'harmful brain drain' by showing that in the short run, international migration can result in … human capital, a relaxation in migration policy in both the current period and the preceding period can facilitate 'take …

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Losses and gains to developing countries from the migration of educated workers: An overview of recent research, and new reflections

Stark, Oded; Fan, C. Simon - 2007

This paper synthesizes and extends recent research on 'The New Economics of the Brain Drain.' In a unified framework, the paper shows that while recently identified adverse repercussions of the brain drain exacerbate the long-recognized negative impact of the brain drain, longer-term...

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