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A crook is a crook ... but is he still a crook abroad? : on the effect of immigration on destination-country corruption

Dimant, Eugen; Krieger, Tim; Redlin, Margarete - 2013

dataset consisting of annual immigration stocks of OECD countries from 207 countries of origin for the period 1984 - 2008, we …, immigration from corruption-ridden origin countries boosts corruption in the destination country. Our findings provide a more …

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Genetic distance and international migrant selection

Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Ruhose, Jens - 2015

migration for low-skilled migrants. Results are robust to the inclusion of sending and destination country fixed effects …

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The use of social accountability mechanisms by Syrian diaspora organizations providing aid in the Syrian crisis

Abdel-Samad, Mounah; Flanigan, Shawn Teresa - 2018

This paper presents data from a study of Syrian diaspora organizations providing assistance to conflict-affected Syrians in Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Using interview data from leaders in three Syrian diaspora non-profit organizations, this paper examines the social mechanisms...

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Diaspora externalities : a view from the South

Rapoport, Hillel - 2018

Migration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets) and for the most part these can be seen as pure externalities. Diasporas are an example of such an externality. This paper reviews the recent economic...

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The international circulation of elites : knowledge, entrepreneurial and political

Solimano, Andrés; Avanzini, Diego - 2010

affect international development. -- International migration ; entrepreneurial ; political migrants ; talent mobility …

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Where do migrants from countries ridden by environmental conflict settle? : On the scale, selection and sorting of conflict-induced migration

Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Schmid, Lena - 2019

, national immigration policies depend on the "supply" of migrants that are expected to arrive, as well as on other countries …Environmentally induced conflicts can trigger migration. This paper analyzes the location decisions of migrants, i ….e., the "sorting" of migrants into alternative destinations. We argue that this sorting depends on a variety of factors. The …

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