We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative … level covariates, migration costs, and when testing for stochastic dominance of the skill distributions of migrants and … stayers. Policy simulations are run in order to gauge the magnitude of these migration effects. Based on estimated …

distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals …

Human capital theory predicts pecuniary returns to regional migration, but also positive self-selection of migrants …. Therefore, when estimating the causal effect of migration one has to take care of potential self-selection. Several authors … estimates of the returns to migration. We use data from the SOEP 1984-2010. First we analyze the time pattern of the wage …

landscape. Uncertainty and perceptions are influential drivers when it comes to migration decisions, and yet, the literature … migratory behaviour of the citizens of an entire nation. Using official bilateral migration statistics, we highlight a … substantial increase in migration flows from the UK to the remaining EU/EFTA countries. Exceptional spikes in naturalisation …

This paper assesses a recent prediction of the theoretical migration literature, according to which migration may be … relationship between the incidence of low occupational prestige and the probability of internal migration in Germany and thus … reject our working hypothesis. We discuss the role of specific migration costs and occupational cultures as possible …