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Employment effects of language training for unemployed immigrants

Lang, Julia - In: Journal of Population Economics 35 (2021) 2, pp. 719-754

Proficiency in the host country’s language is an important factor for the successful labor market integration of immigrants. In this study, I analyze the effects of a language training program for professional purposes on the employment opportunities of participants in Germany. I apply an...

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Emigration and Brain Drain; Evidence From the Caribbean

Mishra, Prachi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper quantifies the magnitude and nature of migration flows from the Caribbean and estimates their costs and … migration rates are particularly striking for the highskilled. Many countries have lost more than 70 percent of their labor … in 2002. Simple welfare calculations suggest that the losses due to high-skill migration (ceteris paribus) outweigh the …

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The Macroeconomics of Remittances; The Case of Tajikistan

Kireyev, Alexei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

The paper seeks to assess the macroeconomic implications of large-scale inward remittances for a small open economy. By including remittances in several standard models, the paper concludes that the overall macroeconomic impact of remittances is likely to be ambiguous. The impact depends on the...

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Impact of Remittanceson Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gupta, Sanjeev; Pattillo, Catherine A.; Wagh, Smita - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

out-migration in SSA. …

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Do the Gulf Oil-Producing Countries Influence Regional Growth? T+L3886he Impact of Financial and Remittance Flows

Ilahi, Nadeem; Shendy, Riham - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper tests the association between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' financial and remittance outflows and regional growth in the Middle East. The findings, based on 35-year panel data, indicate that growth rates of real GDP, private consumption and private investment in...

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Business Cycles and Workers' Remittances; How Do Migrant Workers Respond to Cyclical Movements of GDP At Home?

Sayan, Serdar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

Workers' remittances are often argued to have a tendency to move countercyclically with the GDP in recipient countries since migrant workers are expected to remit more during down cycles of economic activity back home. Yet, how much to remit is a complex decision involving other factors, and...

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Are Foreign Aid and Remittance Inflows a Hedge Against Food Price Shocks?

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

This paper explores the role of foreign aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of the effects of food price shocks. Using a large sample of developing countries and mobilising dynamic panel data specifications, the econometric results yield two important findings. First, remittance and aid...

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Do Remittances Reduce Aid Dependency?

Goff, Maelan Le; Kpodar, Kangni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Aid has been for decades an important source of financing for developing countries, but more recently remittance flows have increased rapidly and are beginning to dwarf aid flows. This paper investigates how remittances affect aid flows, and how this relationship varies depending on the channel...

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Mobility where mobility is illegal: Internal migration and city growth in the Soviet Union

Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - In: Journal of Population Economics 12 (1999) 1, pp. 117-134

This paper examines an important anomaly in the internal migration history of the former Soviet Union (FSU). While many … cities were closed in the sense of explicitly limiting growth of city population from migration, it was difficult to assess …

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Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa

Singh, Raju Jan; Lee, Kyung-woo; Haacker, Markus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

The paper investigates the determinants and the macroeconomic role of remittances in sub-Saharan Africa, assembling the most comprehensive dataset available so far on remittances in the region and incorporating data on the diaspora. It finds that remittances are larger for countries with a...

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