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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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This paper uses state-level data on migration flows between Mexico and the U.S. from 1999 to 2011 to investigate the … migration response to climate shocks and the mitigating impact of an agricultural cash-transfer program (PROCAMPO) and a … disaster fund (Fonden). While lower than average precipitations increase undocumented migration, especially from the most …
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migration of workers. For nearly all of the world's countries, our micro-founded model jointly endogenizes the effects of …. Climate change intensifies poverty and income inequality creating favorable conditions for urbanization and migration from low … ages) over the course of the 21st century. However, under current migration laws and policies, forcibly displaced people …
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We use 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census data to study the impact of source country characteristics on the labor supply assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor force participation rates work substantially more...
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This paper sheds light on the apparent paradox, wherein populations adversely affected by climatic conditions fail to migrate as much as would otherwise be expected. Drawing on Hirschman's treatise on Exit, Voice and Loyalty, we develop a simple model, which highlights the theoretical case for a...
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