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When the Quality of a Nation triggers Emigration
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
emigration intentions of native-born inhabitants of one industrialized country in particular: the Netherlands. To understand … emigration from high-income countries we focus not only on factors that refer to individual characteristics, but also on the …, etc. Based on data about the emigration intentions of the Dutch population collected during the years 2004-2005 we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256776
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When the Quality of a Nation triggers Emigration
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Institute - 2006
emigration intentions of native-born inhabitants of one industrialized country in particular: the Netherlands. To understand … emigration from high-income countries we focus not only on factors that refer to individual characteristics, but also on the …, etc. Based on data about the emigration intentions of the Dutch population collected during the years 2004-2005 we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137297
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Migration and Immigrants: The Case of the Netherlands
Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Institute - 2001
This paper surveys migration to and from the Netherlands since the sixteenth century with an emphasis on the post-war period. Existing studies on the labour market performance of immigrants and ethnic minorities are considered and some new results from our recent research are presented. <BR><BR>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137037
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Migration and Immigrants: The Case of the Netherlands
Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001
This paper surveys migration to and from the Netherlands since thesixteenth century with an emphasis on the post-war period. Existingstudies on the labour market performance of immigrants and ethnicminorities are considered and some new results from our recentresearch are presented.<P> See also...</p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255445
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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
What drives stated preferences about the number of foreigners? Is it self-interest as stressed by the political economy of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with the preference for the aggregate population size? In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255797
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How Large are Search Frictions?
Gautier, Pieter A.; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
This paper shows that we can normalize job and worker characteristics so that, without frictions,there exists a linear relationship between wages on the one hand and worker and job type indiceson the other. However, for five European countries and the United States we find strong evidencefor a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256697
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An Empirical Measure for Labor Market Density
Gautier, Pieter A.; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000
In this paper we derive a structural measure for labor market density based on the Ellison and Glasear (1997) "Index for industry concentration". This labor market density measure serves as a proxy for the number of workers that can reach a certain work area within a reasonal amount of traveling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257204
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On-the-Job Search and City Structure
Vuuren, Aico van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2015
We investigate an equilibrium search model in which the search frictions are increasing with the distance to the central business district allowing for on-the-job search and endogenous (monopsony) wage formation and land allocation. We find that there are many different possible outcomes with...
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Trade Reform and Labor Market Dynamics
Botman, Dennis P.J.; Tieman, Alexander F. - Tinbergen Instituut - 1999
We present an equilibrium-search model with heterogenous workers whosearch for a job in one of two sectors and who lose part of theirskills during unemployment. We show that an import tariff increasethe wage and the employment prospects in the protected sector. Thisresults in a labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257655
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Which Industries are shifting the Beveridge Curve?
Barnichon, Regis; Elsby, Michael; Hobijn, Bart; Sahin, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
The negative relationship between the unemployment rate and the job openings rate, known as the Beveridge curve, has been relatively stable in the U.S. over the last decade. Since the summer of 2009, in spite of firms reporting more job openings, the U.S. unemployment rate has not declined in...
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