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Escaping from Hunger Before WW1 : Nutrition and Living Standards in Western Europe and USA in the Late Nineteenth Century
Gazeley, Ian - 2017
We estimate calories available to workers' households in the USA, Belgium, Britain, France and Germany in 1890/1. We employ data from the United States Commissioner of Labor survey (see Haines, 1979) of workers in key export industries. We estimate that households in the USA, on average, had...
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The European Crisis and Migration to Germany : Expectations and the Diversion of Migration Flows
Bertoli, Simone - 2013
The analysis of how the economic crisis in Europe has reshaped migration flows faces two challenges: (i) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087414
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Determinants and Dynamics of Forced Migration to Europe : Evidence from a 3-D Model of Flows and Stocks
Brück, Tilman - 2018
Violent conflict is a well-recognised driver of forced migration but literature does not usually consider the pull factors that might also cause irregular movements. In turn, the decision to leave and of where to go are rarely considered separately. This is in contrast to literature on regular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909987
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Natives' Attitudes and Immigration Flows to Europe
Di Iasio, Valentina; Wahba, Jackline - 2023
This paper examines the effects of natives' anti-immigration attitudes on migration flows to EU countries. We use panel data for migration to the EU between 1995-2018. We address the potential endogeneity between public attitudes and migration flows using instrumental variable techniques. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261035
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Immigration and Crime : New Empirical Evidence from European Victimization Data
Nunziata, L. - 2014
We exploit the increase in immigration flows into western European countries that took place in the 2000s to assess whether immigration affects crime victimization and the perception of criminality among European natives. Using data from the European Social Survey, the Labour Force Survey and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043673
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Globalization, Brain Drain and Development
Docquier, Frédéric - 2011
This paper reviews four decades of economics research on the brain drain, with a focus on recent contributions and on development issues. We first assess the magnitude, intensity and determinants of the brain drain, showing that brain drain (or high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127958
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High-Skilled Immigration Policy in Europe
Kahanec, Martin - 2011
Whether Europe will be able to stand up to its internal and external challenges crucially depends on its ability to … Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to be expected. A review of current immigration policies shows that … despite a number of positive recent developments Europe lacks a consistent strategy to address this challenge effectively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131933
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Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States 2006–2016
Jauer, Julia - 2018
-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour … market shocks. Based on fixed-effects regressions using regional panel data, we find that Europe's migratory response to … measured population changes in Europe were due to migration for employment purposes – i.e. an upper-bound estimate – up to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926723
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What Affects International Migration of European Science and Engineering Graduates?
de Grip, Andries - 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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158116
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Immigrant Key Workers : Their Contribution to Europe's COVID-19 Response
Fasani, Francesco - 2020
This note describes the contribution of migrant workers to the ongoing effort to keep basic services running in the Union during the COVID-19 epidemic. We quantify the prevalence of migrant workers in the so called "key professions" that the Commission and Member States have identified using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835869