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A Life-Cycle Model of Outmigration and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants in Germany
Bellemare, Charles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper estimates a structural dynamic life-cycle model of outmigration where, in each period, immigrants choose … features of existing life-cycle theories of outmigration but distinguishes itself by introducing uncertainty in about future … overcome the problem of not directly observing outmigration movements by using panel attrition as a proxy variable and use a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822876
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The Dynamics of Repeat Migration: A Markov Chain Analysis
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2003
. The out-migration per year is low, about 10%. Migrants are more likely to leave again early after their arrival in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272291
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Self-Selection, Earnings, and Out-Migration: A Longitudinal Study of Immigrants to Germany
Constant, Amelie F.; Massey, Douglas S. - 2003
In this paper we seek to deepen understanding of out-migration as a social and economic process and to investigate … whether cross-sectional earnings assimilation results suffer from selection bias. To model the process of out-migration we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272300
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Circular movements and time away from the host country
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2003
The economic literature has largely overlooked the importance of repeat migration. This paper studies repeat or circular migration as it is manifested by the frequency of exits of migrants living in Germany, and by the number of years being away from the host country using count data models....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272293
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Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence from Count Data Models
Mayer, Jochen; Riphahn, Regina T. - 1999
This study applies count data estimation techniques to investigate the fertility adjustment of immigrants in the destination country. Data on completed fertility are taken from the 1996 wave of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). While the economic literature stresses the role of prices and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262280
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The impact of immigration on the well-being of natives
Akay, Alpaslan; Constant, Amelie F.; Giulietti, Corrado - 2012
This paper examines the effect of immigration directly on the overall utility of natives. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to explore such nexus. Combining information from the German Socio-Economic Panel dataset with detailed local labour market characteristics for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287659
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Identification and Estimation of Economic Models of Outmigration Using Panel Attrition
Bellemare, Charles - 2004
region and move to another. This paper shows conditions under which the (conditional) outmigration probability, work … present an econometric model which extracts the information on outmigration behavior from sample attrition and allows to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261828
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Labour market status and migration dynamics
Bijwaard, Govert E. - 2009
In this empirical paper we assess how labour market transitions and out- and repeated migration of immigrants are interrelated. We estimate a multi-state multiple spell competing risks model with four states: employed, unemployed receiving benefits, out-of-the-labour market (no benefits) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269402
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Selection or Network Effects? : Migration Flows into 27 OECD Countries, 1990-2000
Pedersen, Peder J.; Pytlikova, Mariola; Smith, Nina - 2004
Recent migration patterns show growing migration pressure and changing composition of immigrants in many Western countries. During the latest decade, an increasing proportion of the OECD immigrants have been from poor countries, where the educational level of the population is low. The migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261861
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Immigration from the Eastern Block and the former Soviet Union to Israel: Who is coming when?
Locher, Lilo - 2000
Average education of new immigrants from the East European countries and the former Soviet Union (FSU) in Israel declined during the last ten years. I present a simple two-period model of migration with uncertainty about future conditions in both countries and estimate a reduced form, using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262434