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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets

Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2016

variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from the new member states. The …

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Macroeconomic determinants of international migration to the UK

Forte, Giuseppe; Portes, Jonathan - 2017

This paper examines the determinants of long-term international migration to the UK; we explore the extent to which … macroeconomic variables – UK GDP growth and GDP at origin - are significant drivers of migration flows; evidence for the impact of … result in a large fall in immigration from EEA countries to the UK. …

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Meet the parents? : the causal effect of family size on the geographic distance between adult children and older parents

Holmlund, Helena; Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2009

An emerging question in demographic economics is whether there is a link between family size and the geographic distance between adult children and elderly parents. Given current population trends, understanding how different configurations of family size and sibship influence patterns of...

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Divorced fathers’ proximity and children’s long run outcomes : evidence from Norwegian registry data

Kalil, Ariel; Mogstad, Magne; Rege, Mari; Votruba, Mark - 2010

This study examines the link between divorced nonresident fathers' proximity and children's long-run outcomes using high-quality data from Norwegian population registers. We follow (from birth to young adulthood) 15,992 children born into married households in Norway in the years 1975-1979 whose...

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Family location and caregiving patterns from an international perspective

Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2010

This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...

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The impact of union dissolution on moving distances and destinations in the UK

Feijten, Peteke; Ham, Maarten van - 2011

The number of people who have ever experienced a divorce, or a split up of a non-marital union, is rising every year. It is well known that union dissolution has a disruptive effect on the housing careers of those involved, often leading to downward moves on the housing ladder. Much less is...

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The geographic accessibility of child care subsidies and evidence on the impact of subsidy receipt on childhood obesity

Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2011

This paper examines the impact of the spatial accessibility of public human services agencies on the likelihood of receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location of virtually every human services agency in the U.S....

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Too far to go? : does distance determine study choices?

Denzler, Stefan; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011

A number of studies have long shown that the probability of studying at university is influenced by the distance to the next university. This study shows for the first time that distance to university also influences the choice of subject/faculty and institution. Moreover, these findings are...

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Do inventors talk to strangers? : on proximity and collaborative knowledge creation

Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2013

inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper …

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Disadvantages of linguistic origin : evidence from immigrant literacy scores

Isphording, Ingo Eduard - 2013

This study quantifies the disadvantage in the formation of literacy skills of immigrants that arises from the linguistic distance between mother tongue and host country language. Combining unique cross-country data on literacy scores with information on the linguistic distance between languages,...

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