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Does return migration influence fertility at home?

Bertoli, Simone - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

migrants, who predominantly move on a temporary basis, encounter new fertility norms in their host countries and then bring … them back home. These new fertility norms can be higher or lower than those in their country of origin. So the new … fertility norms that result from migration flows can either accelerate or slow down a demographic transition in migrant …

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Immigrant labor and work-family decisions of native-born women

Furtado, Delia - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …

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Impact of remittances on fertility

Naufal, George - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

inflows and fertility rates. …

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Immigrant labor and work-family decisions of native-born women

Furtado, Delia - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) April, pp. 1-10

particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …

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Gravity models: A tool for migration analysis

Ramos, Raul - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

Gravity models have long been popular for analyzing economic phenomena related to the movement of goods and services, capital, or even people; however, data limitations regarding migration flows have hindered their use in this context. With access to improved bilateral (country to country) data,...

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Demographic and economic determinants of migration

Simpson, Nicole B. - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)

There are a myriad of economic and non-economic forces behind the decision to migrate. Migrants can be "pushed" out of their home countries due to deteriorating economic conditions or political unrest. Conversely, migrants are often "pulled" into destinations that offer high wages, good health...

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Temporary migration entails benefits, but also costs, for sending and receiving countries

Görlach, Joseph-Simon; Kuske, Katarina - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)

Many migrants do not stay in their host countries permanently. On average, 15% of migrants leave their host country in a given year, many of whom will return to their home countries. Temporary migration benefits sending countries through remittances, investment, and skills accumulation....

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Circular migration

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

In the popular immigration narrative, migrants leave one country and establish themselves permanently in another, creating a "brain drain" in the sending country. In reality, migration is typically temporary: Workers migrate, find employment, and then return home or move on, often multiple...

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Using a point system for selecting immigrants

Tani, Massimiliano - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, succeeds in selecting economically desirable immigrants and provides orderly management of population growth. But the point system cannot fix short-term skilled labor shortages...

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Do immigrant workers depress the wages of native workers?

Peri, Giovanni - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers, but 30 years of empirical research provide little supporting evidence to this claim. Most studies for industrialized countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and...

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