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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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The Cultural Transmission of Environmental Preferences: Evidence from International Migration
Litina, Anastasia; Moriconi, Simone; Zanaj, Skerdilajda - Centre de Recherche en Économie Appliquée (CREA), … - 2014
natural experiment of international migration flows and establish that the environmental culture of migrants, as has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095251
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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
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Great Expectations - The Persistent Effect of Institutions on Culture
Litina, Anastasia - Centre de Recherche en Économie Appliquée (CREA), … - 2014
This research exploits the event of immigration to establish that institutions have a persistent effect on culture. It is argued that immigrants coming from corrupt countries, tend to overtrust the institutions at the host country. This inflated trust of immigrants is documented as the Great...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095274