Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 125
Cover Image
Geographical Distribution of Unemployment: An Analysis of Provincial Differences in Italy
Cracolici, Maria Francesca; Cuffaro, Miranda; Nijkamp, Peter - 2007
Unemployment rates appear to vary widely at a subregional (e.g., local or provincial) level. Using spatial econometric models for spatial autocorrelation, this paper focuses attention on the spatial structure of regional unemployment disparities of Italian provinces. On the basis of findings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325317
Cover Image
Ethnic Drift and White Flight: A Gravity Model of Neighborhood Formation
Bakens, Jessie; Florax, Raymond; Mulder, Peter - 2016
Ethnicity has become an increasingly important factor in neighborhood formation in many developed economies. We specify a gravity model for neighborhoods to assess the role of ethnicity in intra-urban residential relocations. Migration patterns of different ethnic groups are hypothesized to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526139
Cover Image
The Fallacy of 'Job Robbing' : A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Effect of Immigration on Employment
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2006
Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to … countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened. There is also in public discourse a common perception of immigration … immigration on labour market outcomes. Applying meta-analytic techniques to 165 estimates from 9 recent studies for various OECD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057703
Cover Image
A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2004
-economic phenomenon for many countries. Since the early 1980s, many studies have been undertaken of the impact of immigration on host … labour markets. Borjas (2003) noted that the estimated effect of immigration on the wage of native workers varies widely from … immigration on wages of native groups with similar skills appears rather robust. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325439
Cover Image
The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences
van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Henkens, Kène - 2004
of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with … immigration than the highly educated. Experience with foreigners arising from social contact matters in positively appreciating … significant effect on the evaluation of the number of foreigners present. The biggest effect on immigration preferences is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325461
Cover Image
The Fallacy of “Job Robbing”: A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Effect of Immigration on Employment
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2006
Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to … countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened. There is also in public discourse a common perception of immigration … immigration on labour market outcomes. Applying meta-analytic techniques to 165 estimates from 9 recent studies for various OECD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325567
Cover Image
Migration and Foreign Direct Investment: Education Matters
Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 2011
much research on the socio-economic determinants and impacts of immigration. This paper investigates the relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326366
Cover Image
International Migration: A Global Complex Network
Tranos, Emmanouil; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter - 2012
Migration has become a prominent research theme in geography and regional science and it has been approached from various methodological angles. Nonetheless, a common missing element in most migration studies is the lack of awareness of the overall network topology, which characterizes migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326486
Cover Image
Migrants and International Economic Linkages: A Meta-Overview
Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 2011
prompted much research on the socio-economic impacts of immigration. The migration issue has become one of the most debated … migration and foreign direct investment. Our primary results confirm that immigration has a positive impact on FDI investment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326503
Cover Image
Tax-Induced Emigration: Who Flees High Taxes? Evidence from the Netherlands
Giarola, José Victor C.; Marie, Olivier; Cörvers, Frank; … - 2023
We study the impact of a policy change in the Netherlands that reduced preferential tax treatment duration for high-skilled migrants arriving from specific countries in certain years. Utilizing comprehensive tax and population data, we document substantial tax-induced emigration responses,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469746