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Diaspora economics
Fang, Tony; Wells, Alex - 2022
Diasporas are global communities of migrants who retain a sense of connection with their homeland. The concept is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013259836
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Selection or network effects? : Migration flows into 27 OECD countries, 1990 - 2000
Pedersen, Peder J. (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001989015
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Visa policies, networks and the cliff at the border
Bertoli, Simone; Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús - 2012
The scale of international migration flows depends on moving costs that are, in turn, influenced by host-country policies and by the size of migrant networks at destination. This paper estimates the influence of visa policies and networks upon bilateral migration flows to multiple destinations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681363
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Migration, friendship ties and cultural assimilation
Facchini, Giovanni; Patacchini, Eleonora; Steinhardt, … - 2014
Using novel information from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1996-2011, we document that migrants with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230516
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Networks and migrants' intended destination
Bertoli, Simone; Ruyssen, Ilse - 2016
Social networks are known to influence migration decisions, but connections between individuals can hardly be observed. We rely on individual-level surveys conducted by Gallup in 147 countries that provide information on migration intentions and on the existence of distance-one connections for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532582
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Migration, political institutions, and social networks
Batista, Catia; Seither, Julia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2018
What is the role of international migrants and, specifically, migrant networks in shaping political attitudes and … migrants and by other individuals in their networks. To test this hypothesis, we use detailed data on different migrant … of migrants an individual is in close contact with via regular chatting significantly increases political participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904883
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Migration and Culture
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010
how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008810057
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The formation of networks in the diaspora
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2016
immigrants and the new society in their host country. Spread of migrants from the same origin in the diaspora may well increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452743
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Linguistic distance, networks and migrants' regional location choice
Bredtmann, Julia; Nowotny, Klaus; Otten, Sebastian - 2017
This paper analyzes the interaction between migrant networks and linguistic distance in the location choice of migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764646
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The determination of a migration wave using ethnicity and community ties
Locher, Lilo - 2001
If people come to live in a country different from their nation state, due to border shifts, expulsion, or migration, they adopt some of the new country's habits after some time. This paper investigates their (return) migration decision when they have been restricted to live in the foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403330