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migrate. Without a functioning market in private care migrants face a difficult trade-off between working their way out of …' interactions that explains how chain migration can lead to a breakdown of traditional caregiving structures while an opposing … data from Moldova and found to perform better than predictions of some established migration models. The empirical analysis …
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premia for applying their native language on the job in addition to those for English, their trade-fostering potential seems …
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in a migration experience, which increases the migrant's aspirations. This will induce her to invest more in the … given migration rate. We show that the optimal migration rate that maximizes the post-migration skill-rate of the population … is higher if we allow for the aspirations effect of migration. We use panel data from Indonesia to demonstrate that a …
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A key problem in the literature on the economics of migration is how emigration of an individual affects households …
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We analyze the concentration of FDI in India at the district level, based on project-specific location choices since … in the overall concentration of FDI to changes in concentration between and within subgroups of districts. We also … differentiate between major types and sources of FDI. We find that the extensive margin of concentration persistently increased …
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the period 1989-2002. We find that German outward FDI increases in response to positive cyclical developments abroad and …
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available from Global Trade Alert, combined with bilateral FDI data between OECD countries and a large number of partner … about 40 to 80 percent lower FDI inflows. Trade protection does not appear to have any implications for the country’s FDI … FDI flows. The verdict from this analysis is clear: a country that implements new protectionist measures may expect that …
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exemplify possible applications related to trade and FDI. By overcoming several data limitations, our new global index can help …
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Little is known about the drivers of migrant donations to their home countries. Using data on all donations from Filipino migrants administered by the Philippine Commission on Filipinos Overseas between 1990 and 2010, this paper explores which host and home country factors are associated with...
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Donations by migrants to community projects in their home countries (“collective remittances”) help to provide local public goods and may promote economic development. We draw on the literatures on migrant remittances and on philanthropy in general to identify possible motives for collective...
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