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Frontier Issues of the Political Economy of Migration

Epstein, Gil S. - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012

Migration has a strong economic impact on the sending and host countries. Since individuals and groups do not benefit … equally from migration, interest groups emerge to protect and take care of their narrow self-interests and compete for rents … generated by migration. Narrow self-interests may be present not only for interest groups but also for ruling politicians and …

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Dissecting the Act of God: An Exploration of the Effect of Religion on Economic Activity

Carpantier, Jean-Francois; Litina, Anastasia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 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...

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Great Expectations: The Persistent Effect of Institutions on Culture

Litina, Anastasia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 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...

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