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Persecution and escape: professional networks and high-skilled emigration from Nazi Germany

Becker, Sascha O.; Lindenthal, Volker; Mukand, Sharun W.; … - 2021

We study the role of professional networks in facilitating the escape of persecuted academics from Nazi Germany. From 1933, the Nazi regime started to dismiss academics of Jewish origin from their positions. The timing of dismissals created individual-level exogenous variation in the timing of...

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Migration of graduates within a sequential decision framework : evidence from Poland

Herbst, Mikołaj; Kaczmarczyk, Paweł; Wójcik, Piotr - 2014

According to the economic literature human capital is a critical growth factor. This is why migration of individuals well endowed with human capital is subject of interest for both academics and policymakers. The aim of this paper is to identify main drivers of highly skilled migration within...

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What affects international migration of European science and engineering graduates?

Grip, Andries de; Fouarge, Didier; Sauermann, Jan - 2009

Using a dataset of science and engineering graduates from 12 European countries, we analyse the determinants of labour migration after graduation. We find that not only wage gains are driving the migration decision, but also differences in labour market opportunities, past migration experience,...

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Want freedom, will travel : emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality

Naghsh Nejad, Maryam; Young, Andrew T. - 2015

We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous...

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The "gravity" of quality : research quality and universities' attractiveness in Italy

Bratti, Massimiliano; Verzillo, Stefano - 2017

attract students from other provinces in Italy. First university enrolments of students over the period 2003-2011 are … may be an effective way of reducing 'brain drain' from southern Italy …

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International migration, imperfect information, and brain drain

Dequiedt, Vianney; Zenou, Yves - 2011

We consider a model of international migration where skills of workers are imperfectly observed by firms in the host country and where information asymmetries are more severe for immigrants than for natives. There are two stages. In the first one, workers in the South decide whether to move and...

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Where do the brainy Italians go?

Constant, Amelie (contributor); D'Agosto, Elena (contributor) - 2008

researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US …. Ceteris paribus, both push and pull factors are important. While having a Ph.D. from outside Italy predicts the UK choice …, having extra working experience from outside Italy predicts migration to other EU countries. Those who stay abroad …

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Overeducation: a disease of the school-to-work transition system

Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - 2015

This paper aims to survey the theoretical and empirical literature on cross-country differences in overeducation. While technological change and globalization have entailed a skill-bias in the evolution of labour demand in the Anglo-Saxon countries, instead, in other advanced economies in...

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The role of connections in academic promotions

Zinovyeva, Natalia; Bagues, Manuel F. - 2012

This paper analyzes the role of connections in academic promotions. We exploit evidence from centralized evaluations in Spain, where evaluators are randomly assigned to promotion committees. We find that prior connections between candidates and evaluators have a dramatic impact on candidates'...

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Class size and class heterogeneity

De Giorgi, Giacomo; Pellizzari, Michele; Woolston, … - 2009

We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to teaching classes. Our results suggest that a one standard...

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