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Crossing the border: Self-selection, earnings and individual migration decisions

Bertoli, Simone; Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; … - 2010

Many empirical studies on the determinants of international migration flows rely exclusively on macro data, and do not … account for migrants' self-selection. We analyze a very interesting episode in international migration for which we are able … individual earnings and use them to estimate a discrete-choice migration equation that allows for correlated errors across …

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Labor-market exposure as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration

Ortega, Francesc; Polavieja, Javier G. - 2009

This paper re-examines the role of labor-market competition as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration. We claim two main contributions. First, we use more sophisticated measures of the degree of exposure to competition from immigrants than previously done. Specifically, we focus on the...

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Immigration policies and the ecuadorian exodus

Bertoli, Simone; Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; … - 2010

Ecuador experienced an unprecedented wave of international migration since the late 1990s, triggered by a severe … Ecuadorian migrants: the US and Spain. First, we provide a careful description of the main characteristics of migration flows … countries, and attempt to reconcile the features of migration flows with our predictions for earnings by destination. We find …

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Immigration and housing booms: evidence from Spain

González Luna, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - 2009

We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across...

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The aggregate effects of trade and migration: Evidence from OECD countries

Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2011

that several factors are important determinants of both trade and migration flows, the previous studies are vulnerable to a … trade and immigration flows are based on geography and the demographic trends of each country's trade and migration partners …

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Migration, trade and income

Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2013

income. We also show that the effect of migration operates through an increase in total factor productivity, which appears to …

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Immigration and School Choices in the Midst of the Great Recession

Farré, Lídia; Ortega, Francesc; Tanaka, Ryuichi - 2015

This paper empirically analyzes the effects of immigration on the schooling decisions of natives. We employ household-level data for Spain for years 2000-2012, a period characterized by a large immigration wave and a severe recession. Our estimates reveal that Spanish households responded to...

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The Economic Contribution of Unauthorized Workers: An Industry Analysis

Edwards, Ryan; Ortega, Francesc - 2016

(Center for Migration Studies, 2014), and industry output from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Our results show that the …

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Economic and cultural gaps among foreign-born minorities in Spain

de la Rica, Sara; Ortega, Francesc - 2009

This paper compares the economic and cultural gaps of the largest foreign-born ethnic minorities in Spain: Latinos, Eastern Europeans, Moroccans and individuals from Other Muslim countries. We focus on several outcomes: the gender education gap, early marriage, inter-ethnic marriage, fertility,...

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Immigration, Naturalization, and the Future of Public Education

Tanaka, Ryuichi; Farré, Lídia; Ortega, Francesc - 2014

This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political economy perspective. Specifically, we extend the school-choice model by Epple and Romano (1996b) and Coen-Pirani (2011) by incorporating a subsidy to private schools, a distinguishing...

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