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Network Effects in International Migration: Education versus Gender
Beine, Michel; Salomone, Sara - Centre de Recherche en Économie Appliquée (CREA), … - 2011
This paper analyzes the impact of networks on the structure of international migration flows. In particular, we … the preceding literature on macro determinants of international migration, we can identify the factors that influence the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148061
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Dissecting Network Externalities in International Migration
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Özden, Caglar - Centre de Recherche en Économie Appliquée (CREA), … - 2011
the net benefits of migration by reduc- ing assimilation costs (’self-selection channel’) and by lowering legal entry … elasticity of migration flows to network size is around one. Second, only a quarter of this elasticity is accounted for by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151337
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Dissecting the Act of God - An Exploration of the Effect of Religion on Economic Activity
Carpantier, Jean-François; Litina, Anastasia - Centre de Recherche en Économie Appliquée (CREA), … - 2014
This research establishes that religiosity has a persistent effect on economic outcomes. First we use a sample of migrants in the US to establish that religiosity at the country of origin has a long lasting effect on the religiosity of migrants. Second, exploiting variations in the inherited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095269