able to explain the downward trend in east to west migration using wage and unemployment information. Convergence in hourly …

of residence. Based on multinomial logit modelling of migration outcomes, we found that an increase in income is …

Estimating the returns to migration from East to West Germany, we focus on pre-migration employment dynamics, earnings … in earnings and employment during the last few months before migration. We find sizeable positive earnings and employment … gains of migration both in comparison to staying or job change. The gains vary considerably with pre-migration earnings and …

restrictions. Exploting this exogenous variation, we study the effect of migration on urbanisation and the distribution of … population. In particular, we test if migration inflows led to displacement, path dependence, or agglomeration in destination … migration shocks can foster urbanisation in the medium run. …

different parts of the country, and tailed off for more recent cohorts. We also explore the role of domestic migration in …