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The effect of migration on income convergence : meta-analytic evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Poot, Jacques; Nijkamp, Peter - 2009
Using meta-analytical techniques, we focus on 11 studies that explicitly measure the effect of a net migration variable in neoclassical convergence models and derive 57 comparable effect sizes. The data suggest that an increase in the net migration rate of one percentage point increases on...
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Risk sharing in labour markets
Bigsten, Arne; Collier, Paul; Dercon, Stefan; … - 2003 - Rev.
insurance to employers: when firms are hit by temporary shocks the effect on profits is cushioned by risk sharing with workers …-sections between wages and profitability. The alternative explanation of risk sharing between workers and employers has not been tested …. Using a unique panel data set for four African countries we find strong evidence of risk sharing. Workers in effect offer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334356
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Regional wage differences in the Netherlands : micro-evidence on agglomeration externalities
Groot, Stefan P. T.; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Smit, Martijn - 2011
Based on micro-data on individual workers for the period 2000-2005, we show that wage differentials in the Netherlands are small but present. A large part of these differentials can be attributed to individual characteristics of workers. Remaining effects are partially explained by variations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386135
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Determinants of the regional demand for higher education
Sá, Carla; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Rietveld, Piet - 2003
Studies on the determinants of the demand for higher education typically emphasizethe relevance of socio-economic factors, but leave the spatial dimensions of the prospectivestudents’ university choices largely unexplored. In this study, we investigate the determinantsof university entrance...
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Regional economic impacts of immigration : a review
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2009 - Version: 23 July 2009
A burgeoning literature has emerged during the last two decades to assess the economic impacts of immigration on host countries. In recent years much research has been at the national level under the assumption that impacts in open regions may dissipate through adjustment processes such as...
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Interaction of regional population and employment
Vermeulen, Wouter; Ommeren, Jos van - 2004
We investigate the interaction of regional population and employment in a simu1taneousmodel, allowing for interregional commuting. The proposed dynamic specificationdistinguishes between short-run and equilibrium adjustment effects and it encompassesthe lagged-adjustment specification that is...
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Does access to foreign markets shape internal migration? : evidence from Brazil
Hering, Laura; Paillacar, Rodrigo - 2014
This paper investigates how internal migration is affected by Brazil's increased integration into the world economy. We analyze the impact of regional differences in access to foreign demand on sector-specific bilateral migration rates between the Brazilian states for the years 1995 to 2003....
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Growth and risk : methodology and micro evidence
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; Kinsey, Bill H. - 2006 - Rev.
There has been a revival of interest in the effect of risk on economic growth. We quantify both ex ante and ex post … effects of risk using a stochastic version of the Ramsey model. We develop a simulation-based econometric methodology which … remarkable long-running panel data set for rural households in Zimbabwe. We find that risk substantially reduces growth: in the …
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Vulnerability in a stochastic dynamic model
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem - 2003 - Rev.
Most measures of vulnerability are a-theoretic and essentially static. In this paper we use a stochastic Ramsey model to find a household's optimal welfare and we measure vulnerability as the shortfall from the welfare attained if the household consumed permanently at the poverty line. The...
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A dynamic model of commutes
Rouwendal, Jan; Vlist, Arno J. van der - 2002
This paper studies the interaction between job mobility and housing mobility by considering the duration of commutes. Conventional models assume that the employrnent location has priority over the residentiallocation and that the latter is adapted to the former. This implies that the duration of...
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