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Income redistribution and self-selection of immigrants

Corneo, Giacomo; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2019

We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative dataset that includes information on almost every Italian citizen living abroad. Since Italy takes a middle ground in terms of redistribution, both the welfare-magnet effect from...

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High skilled mobility under uncertainty

Bisset, Jordan; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Doherr, Thorsten - 2023

Previous work suggests a general uncertainty surrounding the migration process acts as a barrier to outmigration. In this paper, we argue that this barrier is exacerbated when relative economic policy uncertainty is higher in the target country and mitigated when relatively higher in the origin...

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The role of unemployment and job change when estimating the returns to migration

Emmler, Julian; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2019

Estimating the returns to migration from East to West Germany, this paper focuses on pre-migration employment dynamics, earnings uncertainty, and job change in the source region. Migrants are found to be negatively selected with respect to labor market outcomes, with a large drop in earnings and...

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Policy uncertainty and inventor mobility

Bisset, Jordan; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Doherr, Thorsten - 2022

We follow the migration patterns of European inventors and find evidence of a novel emigration determinant: policy uncertainty. We find that policy uncertainty raises the rate of inventor emigration by a notable magnitude. With a one standard deviation in the policy uncertainty of the home...

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Growing up in ethnic enclaves : language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in...

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Brexit, collective uncertainty and migration decisions

Auer, Daniel; Tetlow, Daniel - 2020

Brexit - the United Kingdom leaving the European Union - continues to create an unpredictable social and political landscape. Uncertainty and perceptions are influential drivers when it comes to migration decisions, and yet, the literature's inference typically relies on individual-level data....

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A model-based analysis of the macroeconomic impact of the refugee migration to Germany

Stähler, Nikolai - 2017

By simulating various (labour market) integration scenarios with the aid of a New Keynesian DSGE model, this paper explores the potential economic consequences and transmission mechanisms resulting from the recent refugee migration to Germany. We find that the long-run costs and benefits for...

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EU enlargement and (temporary) migration : effects on labour market outcomes in Germany

Hammer, Luisa; Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2022

EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May 2011. Taking into account that not all immigrantsstay permanently and that outmigration flows are selective, this paper classifies recent EUimmigrants into “new arrivals” and...

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Additional career assistance and educational outcomes for students in lower track secondary schools

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie - 2017

outcomes for students in Lower Track Secondary Schools in Germany. We find mostly insignificant effects of the treatment on … average outcomes, which mask quite heterogeneous effects. For those students, who are taking extra coursework to continue …. In contrast, educational outcomes improve for students who do not take extra coursework. Hence, the treatment causes a …

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Intergenerational mobility and the rise and fall of inequality : lessons from Latin America

Neidhöfer, Guido - 2016

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents ́and childrenś economic well-being; i.e. low intergenerational mobility. This study is the first to test this relationship in a between and within country setup, using harmonized micro data from 18 Latin...

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