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Rural-to-urban migration, human capital, and agglomeration

Stark, Oded (contributor); Fan, Chengze Simon (contributor) - 2007

A new general-equilibrium model that links together rural-to-urban migration, the externality effect of the average level of human capital, and agglomeration economies shows that in developing countries, unrestricted rural-to-urban migration reduces the average income of both rural and urban...

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International migration and "educated unemployment"

Stark, Oded (contributor); Fan, Chengze Simon (contributor) - 2006

This paper provides a novel explanation of “educated unemployment,” which is a salient feature of the labor markets in a number of developing countries. In a simple job-search framework we show that “educated unemployment” is caused by the perspective of international migration, that is,...

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State of the art of the migration research in Poland

Kicinger, Anna (contributor) - 2007

The aim of this study is to present the state of the art of the migration research in Poland after 1989. It provides … for the overview of the development of migration research according to various fields of migration studies that developed … history. This presentation is followed by introductory reflections on the rebirth of migration research in Poland after 1989 …

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Qualitative longitudinal research : application, potentials and challenges in the context of migration research

Winiarska, Aleksandra - 2017

qualitative longitudinal research (QLR) in the context of migration studies. It is based on a literature review of both … retaining an adequate research sample (especially in the case of mobile and spatially dispersed populations) as well as … reflexions on research methodology (including also online interviewing). I then turn to the stage of data analysis and finally …

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Konsekwencje migracji wysoko wykwalifikowanego kapitału ludzkiego dla krajów wysyłających i migrantów na przykładzie personelu medycznego

Makulec, Agnieszka - 2013

This paper presents theoretical background for studying consequences of highly-skilled migration for individual and aggregated human capital. Contrary to the brain drain discussion, which stresses the loss for the sending countries resulting from the outflow of specialists abroad, the paper...

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Scientific brain drain and human capital formation after the end of the Soviet Union : CARIM-East research report

Ganguli, Ina - 2013

How does the emigration of "top scientific brains" impact the development of the next generation of scientists? I provide new empirical evidence on the impact of emigration on human capital formation by drawing upon the exodus of Russian scientists after the end of the Soviet Union. I create a...

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A preference for migration

Stark, Oded (contributor) - 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...

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Known knowns and known unknowns of immigrant self-employment : selected issues

Nestorowicz, Joanna - 2011 - Second version: March 23rd 2011

areas of development of future research in the field. -- migration ; self-employment ; ethnic entrepreneurship ; middleman …

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Work effort, moderation in expulsion and illegal migration

Stark, Oded (contributor) - 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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A reluctance to assimilate

Stark, Oded (contributor); Fan, Chengze Simon (contributor) - 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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