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Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Diasporas and Exports
Bratti, Massimiliano - 2018
) through which immigrants generate increased export flows from the regions in which they settle to their countries of origin … relationship going from diasporas and immigrant entrepreneurs towards export flows. Both the size of the diaspora and the number of …'s overall competitiveness and export flows towards all potential destinations …
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Isolating the Network Effect of Immigrants on Trade
Aleksynska, Mariya - 2012
those contributing to export by the largest margin. Business network effects seem particularly important in stimulating …
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On the Pro-Trade Effects of Immigrants
Bratti, Massimiliano - 2012
the areal unit, we find a positive association between immigrants' stocks and both export and import flows, in line with …
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(Why) are immigrants unhappy?
Kóczán, Zsóka - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 3, pp. 1-25
Recent studies suggest that migrants may be less satisfied with their "new" lives than members of the host population and worry that this may be driven by cultural factors, such as feelings of not belonging. Motivated by this concern, this paper analyses the life satisfaction of immigrants once...
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Employment chances of immigrants and their children in Germany : does sense of personal control matter?
Thum-Thysen, Anna - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 16, pp. 1-25
Labour market integration is a social process suggesting that personality traits are relevant. This paper explores whether immigrants with a higher belief in their ability to control outcomes tend to be more likely to be employed. This trait is known in psychology as the locus of control (LOC)....
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Ethnic identity : a theoretical framework
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-11
We present a basic theoretical framework of ethnic identity, i.e., the level of immigrant's commitment to his or her host society as well as the immigrant's commitment to his or her home society. Our model can explain the emerging empirical literature which studies the effect of the immigrants'...
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Does intermarriage change migrants’ preferences for the home country?
Weber, Rosa - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-21
Motivations for migrants to return clearly change with integration, but the time-changing aspect of return migration has received little attention in the literature. This paper studies how migrants' preferences for the home country change with intermarriage, i.e., marriage to a spouse from the...
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Source country characteristics and immigrants’ optimal migration duration decision
Kırdar, Murat G. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-21
in Germany reveal that optimal migration duration decreases in ppp. The empirical findings also imply that …
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The working hours of immigrants in Germany : temporary versus permanent
Kahanec, Martin; Shields, Michael P. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-15
Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating human capital specific to the host country. Instead, they work more hours in order to accumulate savings and invest in financial capital that can be transferred back to their...
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The effects of international migration on the well-being of native populations in Europe
Betz, William; Simpson, Nicole B. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-21
Very little is understood about how immigrants affect the happiness, or subjective well-being of natives. We use the European Social Survey to analyze the effects of aggregate immigration flows on the subjective well-being of native-born populations in a panel of 26 countries between 2002 and...
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