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 …

explores the potential economic consequences and transmission mechanisms resulting from the recent refugee migration to Germany … impact of refugee migration is small. …

How do climate disasters shape migration? The existing evidence presents conflicting and inconclusive findings. To … address this question, we theorize the cognitive processes guiding migration decisions in the wake of disasters. On the one … hand, the link between climate disasters and migration aspirations may be driven by sudden-onset (e.g. heavy rains, storms …

(decreases) the employment level, if the union represents (does not represent) migrant workers. -- migration ; welfare state …

unemployment differential and the regional migration rate. Both variables increase dramatically after the inflow and decline only …

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 the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. In the theoretical part, we identify … several factors in addition to the reduction of moving costs by which EU membership influences migration. Specifically, EU … increased current migration. Additionally, casual evidence from the 1980s EU South enlargement is examined. Since then no …