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The EU structural funds as a means to hamper migration

Schmidt, Peter - 2012

neoclassical economic theory migration, besides the free flow of goods, services and capital, plays an important role in assuring … three parts. First, the theoretical background concerning migration and the potential need for regional policy is presented …. In the second part, we discuss the actual situation of internal migration and examine why migration rates are …

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What drives remittances during a global shock? : evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico

Ambrosius, Christian; Campos Vázquez, Raymundo M.; … - 2021

During a global shock two forces act upon international remittances in opposite directions: income losses among migrants may reduce their ability to send remittances and, at the same time, migrants' concern for their family's wellbeing may prompt them to send more remittances back home. Which of...

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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 … 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 …

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Refugees and social capital : evidence from Northern Lebanon

Hager, Anselm; Valasek, Justin - 2020

Despite numerous studies on the social and political impact of refugees in Europe, we have very little systematic evidence on the impact of refugee settlement on social cohesion in the developing world. Using data gathered in Northern Lebanon, we show that increased salience of the "refugee...

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Public pensions, changing employment patterns, and the impact of pension reforms across birth cohorts : a microsimulation analysis for Germany

Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010

We analyze the impact of changing employment patterns and pension reforms on the future level of public pensions across birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and process-produced...

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Demographic change and the German current account surplus

Schön, Matthias - 2020

This paper shows that demographic change plays an important role in the formation of a country's net foreign asset position. An ageing population both lowers the demand and increases the supply of capital in an economy. Fewer workers reduce the required capital stock. As a longer life span leads...

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Exploring the puzzle of human reproduction : register data based evidence from France and Germany

Lipowski, Cäcilia; Wilke, Ralf A.; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2020

Birth rates differ strongly across European states, https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/55902despite the deep economic harmonisation process related to European integration. This study uses large scale administrative data from France and Germany to analyse and directly compare fertility patterns...

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The impact of aging and automation on the macroeconomy and inequality

Stähler, Nikolai - 2020

We build a life-cycle model in which a representative firm produces a final good using routine and non-routine labor as well as traditional and automation capital (e.g. robots). Robots can substitute for routine labor. We show that both, population aging and higher robot productivity, foster the...

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Urban land markets and urban land development : an examination of three Brazilian cities : Brasília, Curitiba and Recife

Serra, Mozart Vitor; Dowall, David E.; Motta, Diana … - 2015

This paper synthesizes and extends the results of urban land market studies carried out in three Brazilian cities - Brasília, Curitiba and Recife. The purpose of the studies is to empirically assess the performance of urban land markets in different cities and to gauge the feasibility of...

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Affordable housing needs assessment methodology : the adaptation of the Florida model to Brazil

Serra, Mozart Vitor; O’Dell, William J.; Macedo, Joseli; … - 2015

This paper presents the adaptation of the "Florida Affordable Housing Needs Assessment Methodology" (Noll et al., 1997) to Brazil. This was a task developed jointly by the Florida team with researchers from IPEA and the World Bank. The Affordable Housing Needs Assessment Methodology, developed...

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