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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452731
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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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The effect of community traumatic events on student achievement : evidence from the Beltway Sniper attacks
Gershenson, Seth; Tekin, Erdal - 2015
Community traumatic events such as mass shootings, terrorist attacks, and natural or man-made disasters have the potential to disrupt student learning in numerous ways. For example, these events can reduce instructional time by causing teacher and student absences, school closures, and...
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Linguistic distance, networks and migrants' regional location choice
Bredtmann, Julia; Nowotny, Klaus; Otten, Sebastian - 2017
to the EU at the regional level. We test the hypothesis that networks and the ability to communicate in the host country … special evaluation of the European Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) and a random utility maximization framework, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764646
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The hardships of long distance relationships : time zone proximity and knowledge transmission within multinational firms
Bahar, Dany - 2018
Using a unique dataset on worldwide multinational corporations with precise location of headquarters and affiliates, I present evidence of a trade-off between distance to the headquarters and the knowledge intensity of the foreign subsidiary's economic activity, emerging from dynamics related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891832
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How a mandatory activation program reduces unemployment durations : the effects of distance
Graversen, Brian Krogh; Ours, Jan C. van - 2009
In an experimental setting some Danish unemployed workers were assigned to an activation program while others were not. Unemployed who were assigned to the activation program found a job more quickly. We show that the activation effect increases with the distance between the place of residence...
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896382
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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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Why are educated and risk-loving persons more mobile across regions?
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; … - 2012
Why are better educated and more risk-friendly persons more mobile across regions? To answer this question, we use micro data on internal migrants from the German Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP) 2000-2006 and merge this information with a unique proxy for region-pair-specific cultural distances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621566