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The effect of migration and spatial connectivity on regional skill endowments across Europe: 1988-2010
Tani, Massimiliano; Manuguerra, Maurizio - 2013
using a random spatial effect model. We find that migration contributes to convergence in regional skill endowments across …This paper investigates the effects of labour migration and openness to trade on regional skill endowments across the … European Union at a time of increased economic integration. Using regional data from Eurostat's Regio database and the open web …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293190
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The Effect of Migration and Spatial Connectivity on Regional Skill Endowments across Europe: 1988-2010
Tani, Massimiliano; Manuguerra, Maurizio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
using a random spatial effect model. We find that migration contributes to convergence in regional skill endowments across …This paper investigates the effects of labour migration and openness to trade on regional skill endowments across the … European Union at a time of increased economic integration. Using regional data from Eurostat's Regio database and the open web …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734425
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Does immigration raise natives' income? National and regional evidence from Spain
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; de la Rica, Sara - 2008
How immigration affects the labor market of the host country is a topic of major concern for many immigrant-receiving nations. Spain is no exception following the rapid increase in immigrant flows experienced over the past decade. We assess the impact of immigration on Spanish natives' income by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276393
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Does Immigration Raise Natives’ Income? National and Regional Evidence from Spain
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; de la Rica, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
How immigration affects the labor market of the host country is a topic of major concern for many immigrant-receiving nations. Spain is no exception following the rapid increase in immigrant flows experienced over the past decade. We assess the impact of immigration on Spanish natives’ income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822870
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Is There Convergence of Russia's Regions? Exploring the Empirical Evidence: 1995–2010
Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - 2013
This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we … regional product confirm this outcome as do non-parametric estimates of convergence, namely estimates using Markov transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329209
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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers
Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2004
We establish that domestically owned firms in two alternative models of emerging market economies, the Czech Republic and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the distance of domestic firms to the frontier grew (in all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262073
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On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000
Weiss, Yoram; Eckstein, Zvi - 2003
This paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital … theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise of the return to imported human capital; (ii) the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262081
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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the BEEPS surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - 2008
convergence of transition countries with developed market economies in a number of dimensions. The pattern of growth at the … activity taking place in 2002, the middle of the period analyzed. Throughout, the regional patterns suggest greater convergence …This paper uses the BEEPS firm-level data to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269128
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The effect of migration on income growth and convergence: meta-analytic evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2009
is more consistent with endogenous self-reinforcing growth than with neoclassical convergence. Introducing a net … migration variable in a growth regression increases the estimate of beta convergence slightly. Studies that use panel models or … long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269575
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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development : Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?
Sabirianova, Klara Z.; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2005
advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271756