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Does age-at-migration in childhood affect migrant socioeconomic achievements in adulthood?
Yaqub, Shahin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Migrant populations consist of individuals who migrated at different stages in the development of their human capabilities. Age-at-migration refers to the age at which an individual migrates. This paper reviews some theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on whether a child’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784947
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Labor Market Outcomes, Savings Accumulation, and Return Migration
Kirdar, Murat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this paper, I test the savings accumulation conjecture that is used to rationalize return migration decisions in the context of immigrants in Germany. Using cross-country and time variation in purchasing power parity, I distinguish between the two competing capital accumulation conjectures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617108
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Source Country Characteristics and Immigrants’ Migration Duration and Saving Decisions
Kirdar, Murat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper examines how immigrants' migration duration and saving decisions in the host country respond to changes in purchasing power parity (ppp) as well as in the wage ratio between the host and source countries. For this purpose, I develop a model of immigrants' joint migration duration and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621880
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Drivers of change or cut-throat competitors? Challenging Cultures of Innovation of Chinese and Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive socio-cultural traits, or whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568371
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An Empirical Analysis of Migratory Flows to the United States
Fullerton Jr., Thomas M.; Galan, Felipe I.; Smith, Wm. Doyle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The decision by economic migrants to leave their country of origin for the purpose of employment and to improve quality of life is generally regarded as an investment decision. Real or expected income differentials between the source and the host country and the possibilities of being employed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107378
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Geographic, Gender and Skill Structure of International Migration
Docquier, Frédéric; Marfouk, Abdeslam; Özden, Caglar; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper presents a new bilateral database documenting international migration stocks by gender, education level, origin and destination. We build on existing databases of OECD host countries in 1990 and 2000 and expand their coverage by collecting or estimating migration to all non-OECD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112944
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Determinantes macroeconómicos regionales de la migración mexicana
Mendoza, Jorge Eduardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This article estimates the macroeconomic determinants of Mexican migration to the U.S.A., using information on the regional economic characteristics of the Mexican states, in a context of economic integration with the U.S. economy. A cross sectional database at the regional level is used to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623353
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Labor market outcomes, capital accumulation, and return migration: Evidence from immigrants in Germany
Kirdar, Murat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I test the capital accumulation conjecture that is used to rationalize return migration decisions in the context of immigrants in Germany and examine how labor market outcomes influence return migration decisions, with particular attention to selection in these outcomes in return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790076
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Immigration and Economic Growth: Do Origin and Destination Matter?
Kang, Youngho; Kim, Byung-Yeon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper assesses the heterogeneous effects of immigration on economic growth depending on both the origin and the destination countries. Following the development of a simple growth model augmented by the embodied human capital of immigrants, we estimate the growth equation using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257906
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With strings attached: Grandparent-provided child care, fertility, and female labor market outcomes
García-Morán, Eva; Kuehn, Zoe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor market decisions of women positively. We find that women in Germany …' children increases the probability of having to commute. We build a general equilibrium model of residence choice, fertility …, fertility and labor market outcomes. We simulate our model to analyze how women's decisions regarding residence, fertility, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651388